2 Samuel 16:1-2

16:1

When .... gone a short <05674 04592> [little past.]

Ziba <06717> [Ziba.]

couple <06776> [with a couple.]

summer fruit <07019> [summer.]

These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account.

container <05035> [a bottle.]

16:2

Ziba ........ Ziba <06717> [What meanest.]

The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood. .# 15:1 19:26 Jud 5:10 10:4

attendants <05288> [for the young.]

exhausted <03287> [that such.]

1 Samuel 17:29

17:29