brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, roasted seeds,
Parallel translations
- WEB brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
- KJV Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
- BSB They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
- NKJV brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds,
- NLT They brought sleeping mats, cooking pots, serving bowls, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans, lentils,
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Quick answer
These supporters bring beds, vessels, and abundant food supplies for David's company. Their practical generosity sustains the weary fugitives.
Overview
The detailed list of provisions, from bedding to grain and legumes, shows lavish, thoughtful care for David's exhausted people. God provides for His servant through the hands of generous men in a time of great need. The scene anticipates the New Testament call to meet the practical needs of God's people (Hebrews 13:2, 16).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Sam 16:1–2When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
- 1 Sam 25:18Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
- Isa 32:8But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.
- Obad 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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