2 Samuel 16:6

And he cast stones, &c. The scene is described with an exactness which bespeaks an eye-witness. The road apparently was parallel to a ridge the "rib" or "side of the hill," 2 Samuel 16:13 and separated from it by a deep but narrow ravine "let me go over," 2 Samuel 16:9 so that Shimei was out of easy reach, though within a stone's throw of David and his party.

and all the people, &c. This enhanced the impudent audacity of Shimei's behaviour.