2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, What do thou mean by these? And Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, that such as are faint in the wildern
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Genesis 33:8And he said, What do thou mean by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
Judges 8:4And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
1 Samuel 14:28Then one of the people answered, and said, Thy father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day, and the people were faint.
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Samuel 17:29and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:2-5
Ziba's Calumny. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in… Read the whole commentary →