2 Samuel 17:28

28 brought beds and basins and objects of pottery, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

2 Samuel 17:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 17:28

Brought beds
For David and his men, who, fleeing from Jerusalem in haste, could bring none with them, and therefore were ill provided while in the plains of the wilderness; the Septuagint version says there were ten of them, and that they were of tapestry, wrought on both sides, and such the ancients used F26, see ( Proverbs 7:16 ) ; and so ten basins in the next clause:

and basins, and earthen vessels;
to put their food and liquors in, and eat and drink out of, and for other services:

and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn];
or "kali", which was made of the above corn ground into meal, and mixed with water or milk, and eaten with honey or oil, as there was another sort made of pulse, later mentioned:

and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse];
or "kali", made of these in the above manner. Some think F1 coffee is meant, but without reason.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Vid. Aristophan. in Pluto, p. 55.
F1 Sterringa, Animadv. Philol. Sacr. p. 48.

2 Samuel 17:28 In-Context

26 Israel and Absalom camped [in] the land of Gilead.
27 Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the {Ammonites} and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
28 brought beds and basins and objects of pottery, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
29 honey, curds, sheep, cheese, and cattle for David and for the people who [were] with him to eat. For they had thought, "The troops [are] hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."
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