2 Samuel 16:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 16:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 16:1 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 16:1 — 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.”
— 2 Samuel 16:1 (KJV)
2 Samuel 16:1 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 16:1
“Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. clusters: or, lumps”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:1: asses, two, hundred
“Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. meat...: or, victual of meal”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:1: asses, bread, bunches
“Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:1: ziba, servant, mephibosheth
“Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:1: servant, asses, bread
“Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 16:1: loaves, bread, bottle
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