2 Samuel 16:2

Amplified Bible

The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household (family) to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine is for anyone to drink who becomes weary in the wilderness.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:29

and Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”

Genesis 33:8

Esau asked, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he answered, “[These are] to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

2 Samuel 15:1

After this, Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men as runners before him.

2 Samuel 15:23

While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people crossed over. The king also crossed the Brook Kidron, and all the people went on toward the way of the wilderness [that lies between Jerusalem and the Jordan River].

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, cream, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 19:26

He said, “My lord the king, my servant [Ziba] betrayed me; for I said, ‘Saddle a donkey for me so that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ for your servant is lame [but he took the donkeys and left without me]. [2 Sam 16:1-4]

Ezekiel 37:18

When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair (towns of Jair) to this day.

Judges 5:10

“Sing of it, you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who walk by the way.

1 Samuel 14:28

But one of the people told him, “Your father strictly put the people under an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’ ” And the people were exhausted [and hungry].

1 Samuel 25:27

Now this gift, which your maidservant has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who accompany and follow my lord.