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2 Samuel 16:2

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Food;   Mephibosheth;   Servant;   Summer;   Ziba;   Thompson Chain Reference - Food;   Food, Physical-Spiritual;   Victuals;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ass, the Domestic;   Diet of the Jews, the;   Servants;   Wine;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hadadezer or Hadarezer;   Mephibosheth;   Ziba;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Bread, Bread of Presence;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mephibosheth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Olives, Mount of;   Ziba;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Ziba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel, Books of;   Ziba;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mephibosheth ;   Ziba ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Absalom;   Jerusalem;   Mephibosheth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mephib'osheth;   Zi'ba;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ass;   Faint;   Mephibosheth;   Samuel, Books of;   Summer;   Ziba;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Doeg;   Wine;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka titah baginda kepada Ziba: Akan barang-barang ini hendak kaupengapakan? Maka sembah Ziba: Bahwa keledai ini bagi orang isi istana baginda akan kendaraan, maka roti dan buah-buah ini akan dimakan oleh segala hamba baginda, dan air anggur ini akan diminum oleh orang yang penat di padang belantara.

Contextual Overview

1 And when Dauid was a litle past the toppe [of the hill] beholde, Ziba the seruaunt of Miphiboseth mette him with a coople of asses sadled, & vpon them two hundred loues of bread, & one hundred bunches of resinges, and an hundred of dried figges, & a bottel of wyne. 2 And the king sayde vnto Ziba: What meanest thou with these? And Ziba sayde: They be Asses for the kinges houshold to ryde on, and bread and fruit for the young men to eate, and wine, that such as be faynt in the wildernesse may drinke. 3 And the king sayde: Where is thy maisters sonne? Ziba aunswered vnto the king, Behold he tarieth still at Hierusalem: For he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father. 4 Then sayd the king to Ziba: Behold, thyne are all that pertayned vnto Miphiboseth. And Ziba sayde: I humbly beseche thee that I may finde grace in thy sight, my lorde O king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What meanest: Genesis 21:29, Genesis 33:8, Ezekiel 37:18, The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting anything to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood. 2 Samuel 15:1, 2 Samuel 19:26, Judges 5:10, Judges 10:4

for the young: 1 Samuel 25:27

that such: 2 Samuel 15:23, 2 Samuel 17:29, Judges 8:4, Judges 8:5, 1 Samuel 14:28, Proverbs 31:6, Proverbs 31:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:15 - I have not 1 Samuel 16:20 - an ass laden 2 Samuel 15:28 - General 2 Samuel 17:28 - beds Amos 8:2 - A basket Matthew 21:5 - sitting John 12:15 - sitting

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
Genesis 3:17
Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe.
Genesis 16:1
Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.
Genesis 16:2
And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
And he went in vnto Hagar, and she conceaued. And when she sawe that she had conceaued, her mistresse was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 16:6
But Abram sayde to Sarai: beholde thy mayde is in thy hande, do with her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fledde from the face of her.
Genesis 16:9
And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto her: Returne to thy mistresse agayne, and submit thy selfe vnder her handes.
Genesis 16:10
And agayne the angell of the Lord sayde vnto her: I wyll multiplie thy seede in such sort, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe [a mother] of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.
Genesis 18:10
And he sayde: I wyll certaynely returne vnto thee according to the time of lyfe: and lo, Sara thy wyfe shall haue a sonne. That heard Sara in the tent doore, which was behynde hym.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto Ziba, what meanest thou by these?.... Are they to be said, or are they presents?

and Ziba said, the asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; for himself, his wives, and children, his courtiers, and the principal officers of his house; it being usual in those times and countries for great personages to ride on asses, see Judges 5:10;

and the bread and summer fruits for the young men to eat; the king's menial servants, his guards and his soldiers:

and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink; where no water was to be had, that their fainting spirits might be revived, and they be able whether to fight or march.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 16:2. The asses be for the king's household — This is the Eastern method of speaking when any thing is presented to a great man: "This and this is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty," when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and are so understood. It is a high Eastern compliment: These presents are not worthy of your acceptance; they are only fit for the slaves of your slaves.


 
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