2 Samuel 16:2

New American Bible - revised edition

The king said to Ziba, “What are you doing with all this?” Ziba replied: “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on. The bread and summer fruits are for your servants to eat, and the wine to drink when they grow weary in the wilderness.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:29

and Abimelech asked him, “What is the purpose of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

Genesis 33:8

Then Esau asked, “What did you intend with all those herds that I encountered?” Jacob answered, “It was to gain my lord’s favor.”

2 Samuel 15:1

After this, Absalom provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty.

2 Samuel 15:23

The whole land wept aloud as the last of the soldiers went by, and the king crossed the Wadi Kidron with all the soldiers moving on ahead of him by way of the ascent of the Mount of Olives, toward the wilderness. David and the Priests.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, and butter and cheese from the flocks and herds, for David and those who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people will be hungry and tired and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 19:26

When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why did you not go with me, Meribbaal?”

Ezekiel 37:18

When your people ask you, “Will you not tell us what you mean by all this?”

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities in the land of Gilead (these are called Havvoth-jair to the present day).

Judges 5:10

Those who ride on white donkeys, seated on saddle rugs, and those who travel the road, Sing of them

1 Samuel 14:28

At this, one of the soldiers spoke up: “Your father put the people under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who takes food today!’ As a result the people are weakened.”

1 Samuel 25:27

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