2 Samuel 17:29
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 17:29 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 17:29 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 17:29 — KJV
“And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.”
— 2 Samuel 17:29 (KJV)
2 Samuel 17:29 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 17:29
“Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 17:29: butter, sheep, kine
“[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; thirsty: Heb. weary where...: without water”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 17:29: david, weary, thirsty
“And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 17:29: sheep, kine, eat
“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 17:29: honey, people, wilderness
“Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. faint: or, weary”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 17:29: people, eat, weary
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