2 Samuel 17:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Here is a list of what they brought: sleeping mats, blankets, bowls, pottery jars, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, honey, yoghurt, sheep, and cheese. They brought the food for David and the others because they knew that everyone would be hungry, tired, and thirsty from being out in the desert.

Cross References

Genesis 25:34

Jacob then gave Esau some bread and some of the bean stew, and when Esau had finished eating and drinking, he just got up and left, showing how little he thought of his rights as the firstborn.

Proverbs 11:25

Generosity will be rewarded: give a cup of water, and you will receive a cup of water in return.

Isaiah 32:8

But helpful people can always be trusted to make helpful plans.

Obadiah 1:3

You live in a mountain fortress, because your pride makes you feel safe from attack, but you are mistaken.

Matthew 5:7

God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy!

1 Samuel 25:18

Abigail quickly got together two hundred loaves of bread, two large clay jars of wine, the meat from five sheep, a large sack of roasted grain, a hundred handfuls of raisins, and two hundred handfuls of dried figs. She loaded all the food on donkeys