2 Samuel 17:29

2 Samuel 17:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
• New International Version (NIV)honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."
• New King James Version (NKJV)honey and curds, 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.”

Context of 2 Samuel 17:29

27Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, 28brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds, honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 17:29 word by word

וּדְבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָ֗ה וְצֹאן֙ וּשְׁפ֣וֹת בָּקָ֔ר הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ לְדָוִ֛ד וְלָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכ֑וֹל כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ הָעָ֗ם רָעֵ֛ב וְעָיֵ֥ף וְצָמֵ֖א בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear

• honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
• curdsחֶמְאָהchem'âh chêmâh · curdH2529
• sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• and cheeseשְׁפוֹתshâphâh · cheeseH8194
• of the herdבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
• for Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and for the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• for they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• are hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• and wearyעָיֵף‛âyêph · faintH5889
• and thirstyצָמֵאtsâmê' · thirstyH6771
• in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 17:29

• 1 Samuel 17:18Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them.
• Luke 8:3and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.
• Philippians 4:15You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone;
• 2 Samuel 17:2I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and terrify him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,
• Psalms 34:8O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
• Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Judges 8:4Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.
• Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.
• Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread.
• Isaiah 58:7Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
• 2 Samuel 16:2The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” And Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink.”

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 17:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Cheese of kine - Or, as others, “milch cows,” which is more in accordance with the context, being coupled with “sheep,” and is more or less borne out etymologically by the Arabic. God‘s care for David was evident in the kindness of these people.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 17:29

• Barzillai
• Butter
• Cheese
• David
• Food
• Honey
• Liberality
• Love
• Mahanaim

In the dictionaries

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• Ammon; Ammonites
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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