. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. bsalomsrebellion, might judge his case desperate, and hence vise all his influence to prevent the kingsreturn. This state of affairs being understood by David, he sent to the high-priests, whowere still in Jerusalem, charging them to remind the elders of Judah of the obligation whichseemed peculiarly to devolve upon them, and also to gain over Amasa by the offer to makehim captain of the host in the place of Joab. This was attended with the desired result; andthe elders of Judah sent back the answe
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. bsalomsrebellion, might judge his case desperate, and hence vise all his influence to prevent the kingsreturn. This state of affairs being understood by David, he sent to the high-priests, whowere still in Jerusalem, charging them to remind the elders of Judah of the obligation whichseemed peculiarly to devolve upon them, and also to gain over Amasa by the offer to makehim captain of the host in the place of Joab. This was attended with the desired result; andthe elders of Judah sent back the answer, Return thou, and all thy servants. On receivingthis invitation, the king marched to the Jordan; and the men of Judah, on their part,assembled at Gilgal, to assist him over the river, and to receive him on his arrival. Amongthese, and foremost among them, were a thousand men of Benjamin, headed by Skimei, andincluding Ziba with his fifteen sons and twenty servants. No sooner had the king passed theriver in a ferry-boat,* than Shimei threw himself at his feet, acknowledged his former crime,. [Ferry-Boat on the Nile.] but trusted that it would be forgiven in consideration of his being the first in all Israel (exceptJudah) to come forward with a powerful party, to promote his restoration. In considerationof this circumstance, and, what was a greater merit and benefit—that his party was from thetribe of Benjamin—it would have been a most ungracious act had the king been therefore pardoned him freely, although some of his officers were for putting him to * The first and only time we ever read of a ferry-boat on the Jordan. The interpretation is, however, rather doubtful. Somemake it a bridge vf boats. Many interpreters prefer thi- sense of the Septuagint and Syriac, which, in,,tead of, Aud there wentover a ferry-boat to carry over the kings }iousehold, and to do what he thought good, read, Aud tliese (the men of Judah andBenjamin) went over the Jordan before the
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