Study it in the app“With him were a thousand men from Benjamin, and Ziba, the young man of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they rushed into the Jordan before the king.”
With himעִמּוֹwere a thousandוְאֶלֶףmenאִישׁfrom Benjamin,מִבִּנְיָמִןand Ziba,וְצִיבָאthe young manנַעַרof the houseבֵּיתof Saul,שָׁאוּלand his fifteenוַחֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂרsonsבָּנָיוand his twentyוְעֶשְׂרִיםservantsעֲבָדָיוwith him;אִתּוֹand they rushed intoוְצָלְחוּthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appearsZiba
Ziba, a servant of the house of Saul whom David put in charge of Mephibosheth's lands (2 Samuel 9; 16; 19).
Where else “tsiva” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearscome mightily
For YHWH's spirit to come mightily.
Where else “tsalchu” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
16Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
17 · This verse (above)
18The ferry was crossing to bring across the king’s household and to do what was good in his eyes. And Shimei son of Gera fell down before the king as he was crossing the Jordan,
