Printed from the Blue Letter Bible

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2Sa 16:1 (KJV) — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

2Sa 16:1 (NASB) — Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

little past	2Sa 15:30,32
Ziba	2Sa 9:2,9-12
with a couple	2Sa 17:27-29; 2Sa 19:32; 1Sa 17:17,18; 1Sa 25:18; 1Ch 12:40; Pro 18:16; Pro 29:4,5
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. Jer 40:10,12; Amo 8:1; Mic 7:1
a bottle	1Sa 10:3; 1Sa 16:20