And the King said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, They be [a]asses for the king’s household to ride on, and bread, and dried figs for the young men to eat, and wine, that the faint may drink in the wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:2 Commonly there are no viler traitors than they, which under pretence of friendship accuse others.

The king asked Ziba, “Why have you brought these?”

Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh(A) those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

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