2 Samuel 16:1

Now, David, had passed on but a little from the summit, when lo! Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, met him,—with a couple of asses saddled, and, upon them, two hundred cakes of bread, and one hundred cakes of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

In Context

2And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou, by these? And Ziba said—The asses, are for the king’s household, to ride on, and, the bread and the summer fruits, are for the young men to eat, and, the wine, is for drink to such as are faint in the wilderness.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:20Then took Jesse an ass laden with bread, and a skin of wine, and one kid,—and sent by the hand of David his son, unto Saul.

1 Samuel 25:18Then Abigail hastened—and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep made ready, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs,—and put them on the asses.

2 Samuel 15:30Now, David, was going up by the ascent of Olivet, weeping as he went up, with his head covered, himself, passing on barefoot,—and all the people who were with him, covered every man his head, and went up, weeping as they went.

2 Samuel 17:27And it came to pass, when David entered Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, of Rogelim,

1 Chronicles 12:40Moreover also, they who were near of kin unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread, on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, meal-food, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep—in abundance,—for there was joy Israel.

Proverbs 29:4A king, by justice, shall establish a land,—but, a man open to bribes, bringeth it to ruin.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:1

In the close of the foregoing chapter we left David flying from Jerusalem, and Absalom entering into it; in this chapter, I. We are to follow David in his melancholy flight; and there we find him, 1. Cheated by Ziba, ver. 1-4 . 2. Cursed by Shimei, which he bears with wonderful patience, ver. 5-14 . II. We are to meet Absalom in his triumphant entry; and there we find him, 1. Cheated by Hushai, ver. 15-19 . 2. Counselled by Ahithophel to go in unto his father's concubines, ver. 20-23 . Read the whole commentary →

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