2 Samuele 17:29

29 del miele, del burro, delle pecore e de’ formaggi di vacca, per Davide e per la gente ch’era con lui, affinché mangiassero; perché dicevano: "Questa gente deve aver patito fame, stanchezza e sete nel deserto".

2 Samuele 17:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 17:29

And honey and butter
Honey was much in use with the ancients; Homer ^F2 speaks of it as a part of the provisions at a feast, and as food with which persons were nourished and brought up; and the ancient Scythians lived on milk and honey ^F3; and this and butter were pretty much the food of the people in Judea; see ( Isaiah 7:15-22 ) ;

and sheep;
with which and goats the land of Gilead abounded; see ( Song of Solomon 4:1 Song of Solomon 4:2 ) ;

and cheese of kine:
made of the milk of cows, as it commonly is:

for David, and for the people that [were] with him, to eat;
and no doubt they brought wine with them for them to drink; the men that brought these, some brought one sort, and some another, or however different parcels of the same, and did not join in one present; for they came from different parts:

for they said, the people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the
wilderness;
where they had been some time, and out of which they had just come, and so weary with travelling, and therefore brought beds to lie down and rest upon; and being hungry and thirsty, through want of bread and water in the wilderness, they brought them both eatables and drinkables; for though the latter is not expressed, it is to be understood, as the word "thirsty" supposes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Iliad. 11. ver. 630. Odyss. 10. ver. 245. & Odyss. 20. ver. 72. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 3. c. 11. Sueton. Vita Nero. c. 27.
F3 Justin e Trogo, l. 2. c. 2.

2 Samuele 17:29 In-Context

27 Quando Davide fu giunto a Mahanaim, Shobi, figliuolo di Nahash ch’era da Rabba città degli Ammoniti, Makir, figliuolo di Ammiel da Lodebar, e Barzillai, il Galaadita di Roghelim,

28 portarono dei letti, dei bacini, de’ vasi di terra, del grano, dell’orzo, della farina, del grano arrostito, delle fave, delle lenticchie, de’ legumi arrostiti,

29 del miele, del burro, delle pecore e de’ formaggi di vacca, per Davide e per la gente ch’era con lui, affinché mangiassero; perché dicevano: "Questa gente deve aver patito fame, stanchezza e sete nel deserto".