SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:10
Tú pues le labrarás las tierras, tú con tus hijos, y tus siervos, y encerrarás los frutos , para que el hijo de tu señor tenga pan qué mantenerse; y Mefi-boset el hijo de tu señor comerá pan perpetuamente a mi mesa. Y tenía Siba quince hijos y veinte siervos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 9:10
Verse 10. Thou therefore, and thy sons-shall till the land] It seems that Ziba and his family had the care of the whole estate, and cultivated it at their own expense, yielding the half of the produce to the family of Mephibosheth. Ziba was properly the hind, whose duty and interest it was to take proper care of the ground, for the better it was cultivated the more it produced; and his half would consequently be the greater.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. Thou therefore, thy sons, and thy servants , etc.] Which were many, and whose numbers are after given: shall till the land for him ; manure it, plough it, sow it, and reap it: and thou shall bring in [the fruits] ; the corn, and oil, and wine, the land produces: that thy master’s son may have food to eat ; meaning either Micha, the son of Mephibosheth, since Mephibosheth seems to be distinguished from him, and opposed to him in the next clause: and who would stand in no need of food from any other quarter, being a guest at the king’s table continually; or else Mephibosheth, who by this means would have a sufficiency for his son and servants, and in which Ziba’s family and servants would have a share: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat always at my table ; wherefore the land was to be tilled not for him personally, but for his family, and for what uses he should think fit to put the produce of it to: now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants : who were enough to cultivate a considerable quantity of land.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-13 - As David was a type of Christ, his Lord and Son, his Root an Offspring, let his kindness to Mephibosheth remind us of the kindnes and love of God our Saviour to fallen man, to whom he was under n obligation, as David was to Jonathan. The Son of God seeks this los and ruined race, who sought not after him. He comes to seek and to sav them __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ועבדת 5647 לו את 853 האדמה 127 אתה 859 ובניך 1121 ועבדיך 5650 והבאת 935 והיה 1961 לבן 1121 אדניך 113 לחם 3899 ואכלו 398 ומפיבשׁת 4648 בן 1121 אדניך 113 יאכל 398 תמיד 8548 לחם 3899 על 5921 שׁלחני 7979 ולציבא 6717 חמשׁה 2568 עשׂר 6240 בנים 1121 ועשׂרים 6242 עבדים׃ 5650
