2 Samuel 16:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Now, David, had passed on but a little from the summit, when lo! Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, met him,––with a couple of asses saddled, and, upon them, two hundred cakes of bread, and one hundred cakes of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

³ Then shalt thou pass on quickly from thence onwards, and come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there shall find thee there, three men going up unto God, at Bethel,––one, carrying three kids, and, another, carrying three cakes of bread, and, another, carrying a skin of wine;

²⁰ Then took Jesse an ass laden with bread, and a skin of wine, and one kid,––and sent by the hand of David his son, unto Saul.

¹⁷ And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, unto thy brethren––this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves,––and run to the camp unto thy brethren; ¹⁸ also these ten slices of soft cheese, shalt thou take to the captain of their thousand,––and, as for thy brethren, give good heed to their welfare, their pledge, also shalt thou receive.

¹⁸ Then Abigail hastened––and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep made ready, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs,––and put them on the asses.

² Now, unto the house of Saul, belonged a servant, whose name, was Ziba, and, when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him––Art, thou, Ziba? And he said––Thy servant! ³ Then said the king––Is there never a man remaining unto the house of Saul, that I may show him the lovingkindness of God? And Ziba said unto the king, There remaineth a son unto Jonathan, lame in his feet. ⁴ And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Lo! he, is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar. ⁵ Then sent King David,––and fetched him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo–debar. ⁶ Now, when Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came in unto David, he fell on his face and did homage. And David said, Mephibosheth? And he said, Lo! thy servant. ⁷ And David said to him––Do not fear, for I will, indeed shew, thee lovingkindness, for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and will restore unto thee all the land of Saul thy father,––but, thou thyself, shall eat bread at my table, continually. ⁸ And he did homage, and said––What is thy servant,––that thou hast turned towards such a dead dog as I?
⁹ Then the king called for Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him,––All that pertained unto Saul and unto all his house, have I given unto the son of thy lord: ¹⁰ therefore shalt thou till for him the ground, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, and shalt bring in, so that thy lord’s son may have bread to eat, but, Mephibosheth, thy lord’s son, shall continually eat bread at my table. Now, Ziba, had fifteen sons, and twenty servants. ¹¹ Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king shall command his servant, so, will thy servant do,––but, Mephibosheth, is to eat at the table of David, as one of the sons of the king. ¹² Now, Mephibosheth, had a little son, whose name, was Micha. And, all that dwelt in the house of Ziba, were servants unto Mephibosheth. ¹³ So, Mephibosheth, dwelt in Jerusalem, for, at the table of the king, continually, had he to eat,––he being lame, in both his feet.

³⁰ Now, David, was going up by the ascent of Olivet, weeping as he went up, with his head covered, himself, passing on barefoot,––and all the people who were with him, covered every man his head, and went up, weeping as they went.

³² And it came to pass, when David reached the summit, where he bowed himself down unto God, that lo! there met him, Hushai the Archite, his tunic rent, and earth upon his head.

²⁷ And it came to pass, when David entered Mahanaim, that Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, of Rogelim, ²⁸ brought, sleeping rugs, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat and barley, and meal and roasted corn,––and beans and lentils, and parched pulse; ²⁹ and honey and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat,––for they said, The people, are hungry and weary and thirsty, in the wilderness.

³² Now, Barzillai, was very aged, eighty years old,––and, he himself, had sustained the king, throughout his sojourn in Mahanaim, for he was, an exceeding great man.

⁴⁰ Moreover also, they who were near of kin unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread, on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, meal–food, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep––in abundance,––for there was joy Israel.

¹⁶ The gift of a man, maketh room for him, and, before great men, setteth him down.

⁴ A king, by justice, shall establish a land,––but, a man open to bribes, bringeth it to ruin.
⁵ A man who flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth, a net, over his steps.

¹⁰ But, as for me, behold me! remaining in Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who may come unto us. Ye, however, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have seized.

¹² yea, then returned all the Jews, out of all the places whither they had been driven, and came into the land of Judah, unto Gedaliah, in Mizpah,––and gathered wine and summer fruits, in great abundance.

¹ Here, My Lord, Yahweh, gave me to see,––and lo! there was a basket of summer fruit.

¹ Alas for me! for I am become as gatherings of summer fruit, as gleaning–grapes in harvest, there is no cluster to eat, the first ripe fruit, my soul, craved.