II Samuel 16:2
A plain-spoken deep dive on this verse. Read the chapter →
“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Commentaries
Excerpts gathered from published commentaries to ground the reading.
Cross-references
Other passages the community most often connects to this one. Tap to read.
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”