2 Samuel 16:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And the sovereign said to Tsiḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 the wilderness may drink.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those to drink who become faint in the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And 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 summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

Common English Bible

² “What is all this for?” the king asked Ziba. “The donkeys are for the royal family to ride,” Ziba explained. “The bread and summer fruit are for the young people to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the wilderness.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And the king said to Ziba, "What do you intend to do with these things?" And Ziba responded: "The donkeys are for the household of the king, so that they may sit. And the loaves and dried figs are for your servants to eat. But the wine is for anyone to drink who may be faint in the desert."

2 Samuel 16:2 Cross References

Genesis 21:29

And Aḇ

Genesis 33:8

Then Ě

2 Samuel 15:1

And it came to be after this that Aḇ

2 Samuel 15:23

And all the land was weeping with a loud voice, and all the people were passing over. And the sovereign himself was passing over the wadi Qiḏ

2 Samuel 17:29

and honey and curds, and sheep and cheese of the herd, for Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 19:26

And he answered, “My master, O sovereign, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I am saddling a donkey for myself to ride on it and go to the sovereign,’ because your servant is lame.

Ezekiel 37:18

“And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’

Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns, which are called Hawoth Yair to this day, which are in the land of Gilʽ

Judges 5:10

“You who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk along the way, declare it!

1 Samuel 14:28

Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly took an oath of the people, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’ ” And the people were weary.

1 Samuel 25:27

“And now this present which your female servant has brought to my master, let it be given to the young men who follow my master.