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2 Samuel 16

2 Sam. 16:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
was a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
past
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
the top
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of the hillg, behold, Ziba
Tsiyba' (Hebrew #6717)
station; Tsiba, an Israelite
KJV usage: Ziba.
Pronounce: tsee-baw'
Origin: from the same as 6678
h the servant
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
of Mephibosheth
Mphiybosheth (Hebrew #4648)
probably from 6284 and 1322; dispeller of shame (i.e. of Baal); Mephibosheth, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Mephibosheth.
Pronounce: mef-ee-bo'-sheth
Origin: or Mphibosheth {mef-ee-bo'-sheth}
met
qir'ah (Hebrew #7125)
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
KJV usage: X against (he come), help, meet, seek, X to, X in the way.
Pronounce: keer-aw'
Origin: from 7122
him, with a couple
tsemed (Hebrew #6776)
hence, an acre (i.e. day's task for a yoke of cattle to plough)
KJV usage: acre, couple, X together, two (donkeys), yoke (of oxen).
Pronounce: tseh'-med
Origin: a yoke or team (i.e. pair)
of asses
chamowr (Hebrew #2543)
from 2560; a male ass (from its dun red)
KJV usage: (he)ass.
Pronounce: kham-ore'
Origin: or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}
saddled
chabash (Hebrew #2280)
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
KJV usage: bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.
Pronounce: khaw-bash'
Origin: a primitive root
, and upon themi two hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
loaves of bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
, and an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
bunches of raisins
tsammuwq (Hebrew #6778)
a cake of dried grapes
KJV usage: bunch (cluster) of raisins.
Pronounce: tsam-mook'
Origin: from 6784
, and an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
of summer fruits
qayits (Hebrew #7019)
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
KJV usage: summer (fruit, house).
Pronounce: kah'-yits
Origin: from 6972
, and a bottle
nebel (Hebrew #5035)
from 5034; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
KJV usage: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Pronounce: neh'-bel
Origin: or nebel {nay'-bel}
of wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
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2 Sam. 15:30,32• 30But David went up by the ascent of the Olives, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
 32And it came to pass, when David had come to the summit, where he worshipped God, that behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head. (2 Sam. 15:30,32)
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2 Sam. 9:2• 2And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant! (2 Sam. 9:2)
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1 Sam. 17:17‑18• 17And Jesse said to David his son, Take, I pray, for thy brethren, this ephah of parched corn and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;
 18and carry these ten cheeses to the captain of the thousand, and visit thy brethren to see how they are, and take a pledge of them. (1 Sam. 17:17‑18)
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1 Sam. 25:18• 18And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses. (1 Sam. 25:18)

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Bottle,
Bread,
David,
Mephibosheth,
Raisins,
Servant,
Summer,
Wine,
Ziba

Cross References

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1-4:  Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance.
5-8:  At Bahurim Shimei curse David.
9-14:  David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge.
15-19:  Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel.
20-23:  Ahithophel's counsel.
little past.
2 Sam. 15:30,32• 30But David went up by the ascent of the Olives, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
 32And it came to pass, when David had come to the summit, where he worshipped God, that behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head. (2 Sam. 15:30,32)
Ziba.
2 Sam. 9:2,9‑12• 2And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant!
 9Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to thy master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
 10And thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat. And Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread at my table continually. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
 11And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will thy servant do. And Mephibosheth said David shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
 12And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. (2 Sam. 9:2,9‑12)
with a couple.
2 Sam. 17:27‑29• 27And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
 28brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
 29and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness. (2 Sam. 17:27‑29)
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2 Sam. 19:32• 32And Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old; and it was he that had maintained the king while he abode at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. (2 Sam. 19:32)
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1 Sam. 17:17‑18• 17And Jesse said to David his son, Take, I pray, for thy brethren, this ephah of parched corn and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;
 18and carry these ten cheeses to the captain of the thousand, and visit thy brethren to see how they are, and take a pledge of them. (1 Sam. 17:17‑18)
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1 Sam. 25:18• 18And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses. (1 Sam. 25:18)
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1 Chron. 12:40• 40and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel. (1 Chron. 12:40)
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Prov. 18:16• 16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Prov. 18:16)
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Prov. 29:4‑5• 4A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.
 5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps. (Prov. 29:4‑5)
summer.These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account.
Jer. 40:10,12• 10And as for me, behold, I dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who will come unto us; and ye, gather wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have taken.
 12and all the Jews returned out of all the places whither they had been driven, and came to the land of Judah to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance. (Jer. 40:10,12)
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Amos 8:1• 1Thus did Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, a basket of summer-fruit. (Amos 8:1)
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Mic. 7:1• 1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; there is no early fruit which my soul desired. (Mic. 7:1)
a bottle.
1 Sam. 10:3• 3And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine. (1 Sam. 10:3)
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1 Sam. 16:20• 20And Jesse took an ass with bread, and a flask of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul. (1 Sam. 16:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when David was a little past the summit, behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth’s servantb, met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and a hundred cakes of summer fruits, and a flask of wine.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "young man."