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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 19:17

與示每同來的有一千便雅憫人,還有掃羅家的僕人洗巴,和他的十五個兒子,以及二十個僕人。他們都衝過約旦河去迎接王。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amnesty;   Benjamin;   Clemency;   David;   Treason;   Ziba;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jordan;   Shimel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prophet;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ziba;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shimei, Shimeites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Joram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ziba ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shimei;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zi'ba;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   Shimei;   Ziba;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
跟 从 示 每 的 有 一 千 便 雅 悯 人 , 还 有 扫 罗 家 的 仆 人 洗 巴 和 他 十 五 个 儿 子 , 二 十 个 仆 人 ; 他 们 都 ? 过 约 但 河 迎 接 王 。

Contextual Overview

16 Shimei son of Gera, a Benjaminite who lived in Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 With Shimei came a thousand Benjaminites. Ziba, the servant from Saul's family, also came, bringing his fifteen sons and twenty servants with him. They all hurried to the Jordan River to meet the king. 18 The people went across the Jordan to help bring the king's family back to Judah and to do whatever the king wanted. As the king was crossing the river, Shimei son of Gera came to him and bowed facedown on the ground in front of the king. 19 He said to the king, "My master, don't hold me guilty. Don't remember the wrong I did when you left Jerusalem! Don't hold it against me. 20 I know I have sinned. That is why I am the first person from Joseph's family to come down and meet you today, my master and king!" 21 But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, "Shimei should die because he cursed you, the Lord 's appointed king!" 22 David said, "This does not concern you, sons of Zeruiah! Today you're against me! No one will be put to death in Israel today. Today I know I am king over Israel!" 23 Then the king promised Shimei, "You won't die."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ziba: 2 Samuel 19:26, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 9:2, 2 Samuel 9:10, 2 Samuel 16:1-4

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 9:11 - Ziba

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked all around and saw the whole Jordan Valley and that there was much water there. It was like the Lord 's garden, like the land of Egypt in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 18:22
So the men turned and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood there before the Lord .
Genesis 19:13
because we are about to destroy this city. The Lord has heard of all the evil that is here, so he has sent us to destroy it."
Genesis 19:14
So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!" But they thought Lot was joking.
Genesis 19:15
At dawn the next morning, the angels begged Lot to hurry. They said, "Go! Take your wife and your two daughters with you so you will not be destroyed when the city is punished."
Genesis 19:16
But Lot delayed. So the two men took the hands of Lot, his wife, and his two daughters and led them safely out of the city. So the Lord was merciful to Lot and his family.
Genesis 19:18
But Lot said to one of them, "Sir, please don't force me to go so far!
Genesis 19:22
But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
Genesis 19:26
At that point Lot's wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31
One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old. Everywhere on the earth women and men marry, but there are no men around here for us to marry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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


 
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