撒母耳记下 16:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛和洗巴大衛剛越過山頂不遠，就看見米非波設的僕人洗巴前來迎接他；又有一對預備好了的驢子，驢子身上馱著兩百個餅，一百個葡萄乾餅，一百個夏天的果餅和一皮袋酒。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 刚 过 山 顶 ， 见 米 非 波 设 的 仆 人 洗 巴 拉 着 备 好 了 的 两 匹 驴 ， 驴 上 驮 着 二 百 面 饼 ， 一 百 葡 萄 饼 ， 一 百 个 夏 天 的 果 饼 ， 一 皮 袋 酒 来 迎 接 他 。

Contextual Overview

¹ When David had passed a short way over the top of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, met him. Ziba had a row of donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred cakes of raisins, one hundred cakes of figs, and leather bags full of wine. ² The king asked Ziba, "What are these things for?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for your family to ride. The bread and cakes of figs are for the servants to eat. And the wine is for anyone to drink who might become weak in the desert." ³ The king asked, "Where is Mephibosheth?" Ziba answered him, "Mephibosheth is staying in Jerusalem because he thinks, ‘Today the Israelites will give my father's kingdom back to me!'" ⁴ Then the king said to Ziba, "All right. Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth, I now give to you!" Ziba said, "I bow to you. I hope I will always be able to please you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

little past: 2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Samuel 15:32

Ziba: 2 Samuel 9:2, 2 Samuel 9:9-12

with a couple: 2 Samuel 17:27-29, 2 Samuel 19:32, 1 Samuel 17:17, 1 Samuel 17:18, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Chronicles 12:40, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 29:4, Proverbs 29:5

summer: These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account. Jeremiah 40:10, Jeremiah 40:12, Amos 8:1, Micah 7:1

a bottle: 1 Samuel 10:3, 1 Samuel 16:20

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 9:11 - According 2 Samuel 17:28 - beds 2 Samuel 19:17 - Ziba Psalms 7:1 - words Psalms 118:18 - chastened Proverbs 17:8 - whithersoever Proverbs 18:17 - General Proverbs 30:10 - Accuse not Amos 8:2 - A basket

Cross-References

Genesis 11:30
Sarai was not able to have children.

Genesis 12:16
the king was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was her brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her." Abram did what Sarai said.

Genesis 16:3
It was after he had lived ten years in Canaan that Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her slave girl from Egypt.)

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."

Genesis 16:10
The angel also said, "I will give you so many descendants they cannot be counted."

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you. The descendants I promised you will be from Isaac.

Genesis 21:21
He lived in the Desert of Paran, and his mother found a wife for him in Egypt.

Genesis 25:21
Isaac's wife could not have children, so Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord heard Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant.

Judges 13:2
There was a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan, who lived in the city of Zorah. He had a wife, but she could not have children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when David was a little past the top [of the hill],.... Of the mount of Olives, the ascent of which he is said to go up by, and to come to the top of it, 2 Samuel 15:30;

behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him; of whom see 2 Samuel 9:2;

with a couple of asses saddled: and so fit to ride on, but for the present he used them to another purpose:

and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread; an hundred on each ass very probably:

and an hundred bunches of raisins; or dried grapes, as the Targum:

and an hundred of summer fruits: not in number, but in weight, as apples, pears, plums, apricots, c. so the Targum, an hundred pounds of figs:

and a bottle of wine: a cask or flagon of wine for a bottle, such as is in use with us, would have signified nothing in such a company.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A couple of donkeys saddled - Those that Mephibosheth and his servant should have ridden. See 2 Samuel 19:26 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVI

Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, meets David with provisions, and

by false insinuations obtains the grant of his masters

property, 1-4.

Shimei abuses and curses David, who restrains Abishai from

slaying him, 5-14.

Hushai makes a feigned tender of his services to Absalom, 15-19.

Absalom calls a council and Ahithophel advises him to go in to

his father's concubines, 20-22.

Character of Ahithophel as a counselor, 23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse 2 Samuel 16:1. Two hundred loaves of bread — The word loaf gives us a false idea of the ancient Jewish bread; it was thin cakes, not yeasted and raised like ours.

Bunches of raisins — See on 1 Samuel 25:18.

Summer fruits — These were probably pumpions, cucumbers, or watermelons. The two latter are extensively used in those countries to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer. Mr. Harmer supposes they are called summer fruits on this very account.

A bottle of wine. — A goat's skin full of wine; this I have already shown was the general bottle in the Eastern countries; see on 1 Samuel 25:18.