And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
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Gill's Exposition
And when David was a little past the top of the hill,.... Of the mount of Olives, the ascent of which he is said to go up by, and to come to the top of it, Sa2 15:30,
behold, Ziba, the servant of…
Barnes' Notes
A couple of donkeys saddled - Those that Mephibosheth and his servant should have ridden. See 2Sa 19:26 note.
Adam Clarke
Two hundred loaves of bread - The word loaf gives us a false idea of the ancient Jewish bread; it was thin cakes, not yeasted and raised like ours.
Bunches of raisins - See on Sa1 25:18 (note).
Summer…
We read before how kind David was to Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, how he prudently entrusted his servant Ziba with the management of his estate, while he generously entertained him at his own…
Cambridge Bible
2Sa 16:1-4. David met by Ziba with a present
1. the top of the hill See note on ch. 2Sa 15:32.
two hundred loaves of bread, &c. Compare Abigail's present (1Sa 25:18). Ziba was shrewd enough to foresee…
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