2 Samuel 17:29
New Revised Standard Version
honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, “The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

New American Bible
honey, and butter and cheese from the flocks and herds, for David and those who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people will be hungry and tired and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.

cheese of kine

1 Samuel 17:18 And carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune: and go see thy brethren, if they are well: and learn with whom they are placed.

for David

Luke 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.

Philippians 4:15-19 And you also know, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only. . . .

to eat

2 Samuel 17:2 And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.

Psalm 34:8-10 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him. . . .

Psalm 84:11 For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

The people

Judges 8:4-6 And when Gedeon was come to the Jordan, he passed over it with the three hundred men that were with him: who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled. . . .

Ecclesiastes 11:1,2 Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again. . . .

Isaiah 21:14 Meeting the thirsty bring him water, you that inhabit the land of the south, meet with bread him that fleeth.

Isaiah 58:7 Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.

in the wilderness

2 Samuel 16:2,14 And the king said to Siba: What mean these things? And Siba answered: The asses are for the king's household to sit on: and the loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat, and the wine to drink if any man be faint in the desert. . . .

Context
Hushai's Warning Saves David
28Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse, 29And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.
Cross References
Romans 12:13
Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.

2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Siba: What mean these things? And Siba answered: The asses are for the king's household to sit on: and the loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat, and the wine to drink if any man be faint in the desert.

2 Samuel 16:14
And the king and all the people with him came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

Proverbs 21:26
He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will give, and will not cease.

Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.

2 Samuel 17:28
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