Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4
Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides.
2 Samuel 16:1
When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
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WEBBE
When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a container of wine.
BSB
When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
KJV
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.
ASV
And when David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
BBE
And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.
Original Hebrew
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וְדָוִד
ve·da·vid
and David
H1732
עָבַר
'a·var
he passed on
H5674
מְעַט
me·'at
a little
H4592
מֵהָרֹאשׁ
me·ha·rosh
from the top
H7218
וְהִנֵּה
ve·hi·neh
and there
H2009
צִיבָא
tzi·va'
Ziba
H6717
נַעַר
na·'ar
[the] servant of
H5288
מְפִי־
me·fi-
Mephi-
H4648
בֹשֶׁת
vo·shet
-bosheth
H4648
לִקְרָאתוֹ
lik·ra·to
to meet him
H7122
וְצֶמֶד
ve·tze·med
and a pair of
H6776
חֲמֹרִים
cha·mo·rim
donkeys
H2543
חֲבֻשִׁים
cha·vu·shim
[were] saddled
H2280
וַעֲלֵיהֶם
va·'a·lei·hem
and [were] on them
H5921
מָאתַיִם
ma·ta·yim
two hundred
H3967
לֶחֶם
le·chem
bread[s]
H3899
וּמֵאָה
u·me·'ah
and one hundred
H3967
צִמּוּקִים
tzi·mu·kim
bunches of raisins
H6778
וּמֵאָה
u·me·'ah
and one hundred
H3967
קַיִץ
ka·yitz
summer fruit
H7019
וְנֵבֶל
ve·ne·vel
and a skin of
H5035
יָיִן
ya·yin
wine
H3196
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