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2 Samuel 19:17

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along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

KJV

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Before the king - i. e., “to meet the king.” Compare 2Sa 20:8. The king was on the east bank, and they crossed over (by the ford) from the west bank to go to him.

This site's exposition

came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king

on 2 Samuel 19:15-18

The crossing at Jordan draws a company from every side: a thousand men of Benjamin under Shimei, Ziba with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, and a ferry boat to carry the king's household over, the first mention of such a vessel anywhere in Scripture. Henry calls the crossing the most solemn since Joshua led Israel over the same river, and notes that David had already remembered Jordan from exile at Psalm 42:6. Two men who had wronged David in his flight, Shimei and Ziba, are both named here crossing to meet him now that he returns.

This site's exposition

his fifteen sons and twenty servants

Albert Barnes explains the geography. The king was still on the east bank, so these men forded the river from the west to meet him. Ziba comes with his whole household, the same fifteen sons and twenty servants named at 9:10, to secure the grant David made him at 16:4.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Expressing the deepest regret for his former outrageous conduct, he was pardoned on the spot; and although the son of Zeruiah urged the expediency of making this chief a public example, his officiousness was repulsed by David with magnanimity, and with the greater confidence that he felt himself now re-established in the kingdom (see on 1Ki 2:8).

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶ֨לֶףand one thousand

    veelefH505 →505 times

  • אִ֣ישׁman

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • עִמּוֹ֮[were] with him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • מִבִּנְיָמִן֒of Benjamin

    mibinyaminH1144 →166 times

  • וְצִיבָ֗אand Ziba

    vetziva'H6717 →16 times

  • נַ֚עַר[the] servant of

    naarH5288 →239 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • שָׁא֔וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁתand five

    vachameshetH2568 →343 times

  • עָשָׂ֥רteen

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • בָּנָ֛יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםand twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his

    ʾavadavH5650 →799 times

  • אִתּ֑וֹ[were] with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • וְצָלְח֥וּand they rushed ahead

    vetzalechuH6743 →

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 9:2And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.5 works2 Samuel 16:1–4When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.4 works2 Samuel 19:26–27“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,3 works2 Samuel 9:10You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.3 works2 Samuel 9:11And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 9:10

    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 9:7

      “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you…

    • 2 Samuel 19:28

      For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have…

    • Luke 14:15

      When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

    • 2 Kings 25:29

      So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

    • 2 Samuel 9:11–13

      And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 9:2

    And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 16:1–4

      When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a…

    • Genesis 15:2–3

      But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

    • Genesis 39:6

      So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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