SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:20
Porque yo tu siervo conozco haber pecado, y he venido hoy el primero de toda la casa de José, para descender a recibir a mi señor el rey.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:20
Verse 20. For thy servant doth know that I have sinned] This was all he could do; his subsequent conduct alone could prove his sincerity. On such an avowal as this David could not but grant him his life.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. For thy servant doth know that I have sinned , etc.] He was sensible of it, and sorry for it, and publicly acknowledged it before all the men he brought with him, and before all the servants of David; and as a token of the sincerity of his repentance, and as an earnest of his future fidelity, he made this early submission: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king ; but why does he make mention of the house of Joseph, when he was of the tribe of Benjamin? Kimchi says that Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, were called the house of Joseph; and it may be observed that it is sometimes used for all Israel, as in ( Psalm 80:1); and he was the first of them that came, inasmuch as he came along with the men of Judah, who came first of all to fetch the king back; or Joseph may stand for the tribes of Israel, as distinct from Judah, and he was the first of them; some of the Jewish writers think he makes mention of the name of Joseph, because as the brethren of Joseph used him ill, and he returned good to them; so though he had used David ill, he hoped he would do as Joseph did, return good for evil; and others represent him as suggesting hereby to David, that all Israel had used him ill, and he worse than them all; and now he was come first, and they were all waiting what he would do to him, that if he received him kindly, all would come and make their peace with him.
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
כי 3588 ידע 3045 עבדך 5650 כי 3588 אני 589 חטאתי 2398 והנה 2009 באתי 935 היום 3117 ראשׁון 7223 לכל 3605 בית 1004 יוסף 3130 לרדת 3381 לקראת 7125 אדני 113 המלך׃ 4428
