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2 Samuel 17:28
28They brought beds and pots and cups for David's people. They also brought food for David and his people to eat. There was wheat, barley, flour and cooked grain. They also brought beans, lentils,
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
26Absalom and Israel's army made their camp in Gilead region. 27When David arrived in Mahanaim, three men came to help him. One man was Nahash's son Shobi. He was from the Ammonites' town, Rabbah. The other men were Ammiel's son Makir, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai from Rogelim in Gilead. They brought beds and pots and cups for David's people. They also brought food for David and his people to eat. There was wheat, barley, flour and cooked grain. They also brought beans, lentils, 29honey, cream, sheep and cheese made from cows' milk. They said, ‘The people have travelled through the desert. So they must be tired, thirsty and hungry.’
Read all of 2 Samuel 172 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 had passed beyond the top of the Mount of Olives, he met Mephibosheth's servant Ziba. Ziba was waiting there for him with two donkeys. The donkeys were ready for people to ride them. They also carried 200 loaves of bread, 100 blocks of raisins, 100 blocks of figs and a leather bag of wine.
- 1 Samuel 25:18Abigail quickly got some food. She got 200 loaves of bread, two leather bags of wine, five sheep that she had cooked, and five jars of grain that she had cooked. She also got 100 blocks of raisins and 200 blocks of dried figs. She put all these things on some donkeys.
- Isaiah 32:8But good people think of ways that they can be kind to others. They do the good things that they have decided to do.
- Obadiah 1:3You think that you are better than other people. And so you believe something that is not true. You live in a place that is difficult to reach. Your home is high up in a place among rocks. You say to yourself, “Nobody can reach us up here.”
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
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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
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