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2 Samuel 16:2

WEB

2The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” 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 those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”

KJV

2And 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 the wilderness may drink.

BSB

2Why 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.”

FBV

2What did you bring these for?” David asked Ziba. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king's family to ride on, the bread and summer fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is for those to drink who get worn out in the wilderness.”

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2 Samuel 17:29

29honey, butter, 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, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”


Judges 10:4

4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.


Judges 5:10

10Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.


Judges 8:4-5

4Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. 5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”


1 Samuel 25:27

27Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.


Genesis 33:8

8Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”


Proverbs 31:6-7

6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul. 7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.


1 Samuel 14:28

28Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’” So the people were faint.


Genesis 21:29

29Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”


2 Samuel 15:1

1After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.