They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had supplied provisions for them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
- BSB They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
- NKJV And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.
- NASB They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.
- NLT They feasted and drank with David for three days, for preparations had been made by their relatives for their arrival.
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Quick answer
The assembled tribes feasted with David for three days, supplied by their kinsmen. The shared meal expressed fellowship and joyful covenant.
Overview
A three-day feast sealed the gathering, with provisions generously supplied by their brothers. Eating and drinking together signified covenant fellowship and shared joy in David's coronation. Such celebration around the king anticipates the joyful feasting of God's people in the kingdom of Christ, the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Gen 26:30He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
- 2 Sam 6:19He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house.
- 2 Sam 19:42All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
- Gen 31:54Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
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