2 Samuel 16:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.

Cross References

Genesis 21:29

Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

Genesis 33:8

And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

2 Samuel 15:1

Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

2 Samuel 15:23

And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

2 Samuel 17:29

And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

2 Samuel 19:26

And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

Ezekiel 37:18

And when the children of your people say to you, Will you not make clear to us what these things have to do with us?

Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

Judges 5:10

Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

1 Samuel 25:27

And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.