2 Samuel 19:17 — Community Reflections

2 SAMUEL 19:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“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.”

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth also, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, and they rushed into the Jordan before the king — Shimei arrives with a large retinue: a thousand Benjaminites, Ziba, and his household. The impressive show of numbers is designed to demonstrate Shimei's influence and loyalty.

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