CHAPTER EXPLORER
2 Samuel 16
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23 verses in KJV · 214 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 2 Samuel 16 (KJV)
16:1 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.
16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses [be] for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
16:3 And the king said, And where [is] thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Gad, Nathan, Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1023 BC
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H4428me.lekhking · 14 occurrencesH53a.vi.sha.lomAbsalom · 11 occurrencesH1732da.vidDavid · 9 occurrencesH854etwith · 7 occurrencesH7043qa.lalto lighten · 7 occurrencesH3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 7 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 7 occurrencesH6717tsi.vaZiba · 6 occurrencesH376ishman · 6 occurrencesH4100mahwhat? · 5 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 5 occurrencesH302a.chi.to.phelAhithophel · 5 occurrencesH2009hin.nehbehold · 5 occurrencesH1004betplace · 5 occurrences
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