2 Samuel 16:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those to drink who faint in the wilderness.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:29

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

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor with my lord.”

2 Samuel 15:1

After this Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

2 Samuel 15:23

The whole country wept aloud as all the people passed by; the king crossed the Wadi Kidron, and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 19:26

He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘Saddle a donkey for me so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For your servant is lame.

Ezekiel 37:18

And when your people say to you, “Will you not show us what you mean by these?”

Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are in the land of Gilead and are called Havvoth-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

Then one of the soldiers said, “Your father strictly charged the troops with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food this day.’ And so the troops are faint.”

1 Samuel 25:27

And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.