2 Samuel 16:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ David started down the other side of the Mount of Olives. He met Ziba, the chief servant of Mephibosheth. Ziba had two donkeys that were carrying two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred figs, and some wine.

³ »You will go from there until you find the oak tree of Tabor. You will see three men going up to God to Bethel. One will have three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:

²⁰ Jesse loaded a donkey with bread and a goatskin full of wine. He told David to take the donkey and a young goat to Saul.

¹⁷ Jesse told his son David: »Take this half-bushel of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread to your brothers. Take them to your brothers in the camp right away. ¹⁸ »Also take these ten slices of cheese to the commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are getting along. Bring back something to show that you saw them and that they are well.

¹⁸ So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two full wineskins, five butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, one hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys.

² There was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. He was told to go to David. »Are you Ziba?« The king asked. »I am at your service.« He answered. ³ The king asked him: »Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show loyalty and kindness? I promised God I would.« Ziba answered: »There is still one of Jonathan’s sons. He is crippled.« ⁴ »Where is he?« The king asked. Ziba answered: »At the home of Machir son of Ammiel in Lodebar.« ⁵ King David sent for him. ⁶ Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul arrived. He bowed down before David in respect. David said: »Mephibosheth.« He answered: »I am here to serve.« ⁷ David replied: »Do not be afraid. I will be kind to you for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will give you back all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul. You will always be welcome at my table.« ⁸ Mephibosheth bowed again and said: »I am no better than a dead dog! Why should you be so good to me?« ⁹ The king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said: »I am giving Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, everything that belonged to Saul and his family. ¹⁰ »You, your sons, and your servants will farm the land for your master Saul’s family and bring in the harvest. This will provide food for them. Mephibosheth will always be a guest at my table.« Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. ¹¹ Ziba answered: »I will do everything Your Majesty commands.« So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table, just like one of the king’s sons. ¹² Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. Everyone who lived at Ziba’s home became Mephibosheth’s servant. ¹³ Mephibosheth was disabled. He lived in Jerusalem. He always ate at the king’s table.

³⁰ David went up the slope of the Mount of Olives. He was barefoot and crying. He covered his head to show his sorrow. Everyone with him was crying. They covered their heads too.

³² David reached the top of the Mount of Olives. He met Hushai the Archite at a place of worship. Hushai’s robe was torn, and dust was on his head.

³² Barzillai was a very old man. He was eighty years old. He was very rich. He supplied the king with food while he was staying at Mahanaim.

²⁷ David went to the town of Mahanaim. Shobi son of Nahash came from Rabbah in Ammon, Machir son of Ammiel came from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite came from Rogelim. ²⁸ Here is a list of what they brought: sleeping mats, blankets, bowls, pottery jars, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, ²⁹ Also honey, yogurt, sheep, and cheese. They brought food for David and the others because they knew that everyone would be hungry, tired, and thirsty from being out in the desert.

⁴⁰ People from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. Vast supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine; olive oil, cattle, and sheep were brought to the celebration. There was great joy throughout the land of Israel

¹⁶ A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

⁴ The king establishes the land by justice. He who receives gifts overthrows it. ⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

¹⁰ »I am going to live in Mizpah and represent you when the Babylonians come to us. Gather grapes, summer fruit, and olive oil, and put them in storage jars. Live in the cities you have taken over.«

¹² So all the Jews returned from all the places where they had been scattered. They came to Judah and to Gedaliah at Mizpah. They gathered a large harvest of grapes and summer fruit.

¹ The Lord Jehovah showed me a basket of summer fruit.

¹ Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig.