2 Samuel 17:28

2 Samuel 17:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
• New International Version (NIV)brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,
• English Standard Version (ESV)brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils,
• New King James Version (NKJV)brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds,

Context of 2 Samuel 17:28

26So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. 27When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, broad beans, lentils, and [other] roasted grain, 29honey, cream, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 17:28 word by word

מִשְׁכָּ֤ב וְסַפּוֹת֙ וּכְלִ֣י יוֹצֵ֔ר וְחִטִּ֥ים וּשְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְקֶ֣מַח וְקָלִ֑י וּפ֥וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֖ים וְקָלִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Broughtנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: approachH5066
• bedsמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
• and basonsסַףsaph · basinH5592
• and earthenיָצַרyâtsar · to form: potterH3335
• vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• and wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• and barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184
• and flourקֶ֫מַחqemach · flourH7058
• and parchedקָלִיqâlîy qâlîy' · roastedH7039
• and beansפּוֹלpôl · beanH6321
• and lentilesעֲדָשָׁה‛âdâsh · lentilH5742

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 17:28

• 2 Samuel 16:1When David was a little past the summit [of the Mount of Olives], behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him with a team 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.
• 1 Samuel 25:18Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two jugs of wine, five sheep already prepared [for roasting], five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
• Isaiah 32:8But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things; And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.
• Obadiah 1:3The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you, You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela), Whose dwelling place is high, Who say [boastfully] in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Brought beds - These no doubt consisted in skins of beasts, mats, carpets, and such like things. Basons - ספות sappoth . Probably wooden bowls, such as the Arabs still use to eat out of, and to knead their bread in. Earthen vessels - יוצר כלי keley yotser . Probably clay vessels, baked in the sun. These were perhaps used for lifting water, and boiling those articles which required to be cooked. Wheat, and barley, etc. - There is no direct mention of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-29Verses 22-29 Ahithophel hanged himself for vexation that his counsel was not followed. That will break a proud man's heart which will not break a humble man's sleep. He thought himself in danger, concluding, that, because his counsel was not followed, Absalom's cause would fail; and to prevent a possible public execution, he does justice upon himself. Thus the breath is stopped, and the head laid low, from which nothing could be expected but mischief…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2927-29. when David was come to Mahanaim--The necessities of the king and his followers were hospitably ministered to by three chiefs, whose generous loyalty is recorded with honor in the sacred narrative. Shobi--must have been a brother of Hanun. Disapproving, probably, of that young king's outrage upon the Israelite ambassadors, he had been made governor of Ammon by David on the conquest of that country. Machir--(See 2Sa 9:4). Supposed by some to have…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 17:28

• Barzillai
• Bean
• Corn
• David
• Lentiles
• Liberality
• Love
• Mahanaim

In the dictionaries

• Earthen Vessels
• Army
• Basin
• Beans
• Gift
• Instead
• Lentiles
• Wheat
• Adonijah
• Ammon; Ammonites

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings