2 Samuel 16:13

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ Then David and his men went on the road, with Shimei going on the side of the hill beside him, _⌊cursing as he went_⌋.* He threw stones beside him and threw* dust in the air.

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cursed.
2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:6
cast dust. Heb. dusted him with dust.
Acts 23:23It was an ancient custom, in those warm and arid countries, to lay the dust before a person of distinction, by sprinkling the ground with water. Dr. Pococke and the consul were treated with this respect when they entered Cairo. The same custom is alluded to in the well-known fable of Ph\u65533 drus, in which a slave is represented going before Augustus and officiously laying the dust. To throw dust in the air while a person was passing was therefore an act of great disrespect; to do so before a sovereign prince, an indecent outrage. But it is probable that Shimei meant more than disrespect and outrage to this afflicted king. Sir John Chardin informs us, that in the East, in general, those who demand justice against a criminal throw dust upon him, signifying that he ought to be put in the grave: and hence the common imprecation among the Turks and Persians, "Be covered with earth," or, "Earth be upon thy head."