SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:17
y con él venían mil hombres de Benjamín; asimismo Siba criado de la casa de Saúl, con sus quince hijos y sus veinte siervos, los cuales pasaron el Jordán delante del rey.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him , etc.] Of which tribe he was, and these were either a band of soldiers, of which he was the chiliarch; or tenants of his, which showed him to be a great man; or his neighbours, and persons of some figure, whom he prevailed upon to come as intercessors for him: and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul ; who had imposed upon David, and got his master’s inheritance from him, knowing that David would be undeceived by Mephibosheth his master, when he came to Jerusalem; and therefore that he might be more tenderly dealt with, and come off the better, he was thus forward to meet the king, and pay his respects to him: and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him : which made a considerable appearance; (see 2 Samuel 9:10); and they went over Jordan before the king : to meet him on the other side, both Shimei and his a thousand men, and Ziba with his sons and servants.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-23 - Those who now slight and abuse the Son of David, would be glad to make their peace when he shall come in his glory; but it will be too late Shimei lost no time. His abuse had been personal, and with the usua right feeling of good men, David could more easily forgive it.
Original Hebrew
ואלף 505 אישׁ 376 עמו 5973 מבנימן 1144 וציבא 6717 נער 5288 בית 1004 שׁאול 7586 וחמשׁת 2568 עשׂר 6240 בניו 1121 ועשׂרים 6242 עבדיו 5650 אתו 854 וצלחו 6743 הירדן 3383 לפני 6440 המלך׃ 4428
