Kings II 16:1

1 And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred raisins, and a hundred dates, and bottle of wine.

Kings II 16:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 16:1

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz
the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
] Jotham began to reign in the second of Pekah, and he reigned sixteen years, and therefore his last year would fall in the eighteenth of Pekah; but as his first year might be at the beginning of the second of Pekah, his last was towards the end of the seventeenth of Pekah's, as here; see ( 2 Kings 15:32 ) .

Kings II 16:1 In-Context

1 And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred raisins, and a hundred dates, and bottle of wine.

2 And the king said to Siba, What meanest thou by these? and Siba, said, The asses for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates for the young men to eat, and the wine for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.

3 And the king said, And where the son of thy master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.

4 And the king said to Siba, Behold, all Memphibosthe's property thine. And Siba did obeisance and said, My lord, O king, let me find grace in thine eyes.

5 And king David came to Baurim; and, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name Semei the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went,