2 Samuel 16:2

New Living Translation

“What are these for?” the king asked Ziba. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:29

Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”

Genesis 33:8

“And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked. Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”

2 Samuel 15:1

After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him.

2 Samuel 15:23

Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, butter, sheep, goats, and cheese for David and those who were with him. For they said, “You must all be very hungry and tired and thirsty after your long march through the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 19:26

Mephibosheth replied, “My lord the king, my servant Ziba deceived me. I told him, ‘Saddle my donkey so I can go with the king.’ For as you know I am crippled.

Ezekiel 37:18

When your people ask you what your actions mean,

Judges 10:4

His thirty sons rode around on thirty donkeys, and they owned thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are still called the Towns of Jair.

Judges 5:10

“Consider this, you who ride on fine donkeys, you who sit on fancy saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road.

1 Samuel 14:28

But one of the men saw him and said, “Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”

1 Samuel 25:27

And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.