2 Samuel 17:29
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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.

Lexicon
honey,
וּדְבַ֣שׁ (ū·ḏə·ḇaš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1706: Honey, syrup

curds,
וְחֶמְאָ֗ה (wə·ḥem·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2529: Curdled milk, cheese

sheep,
וְצֹאן֙ (wə·ṣōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

and cheese
וּשְׁפ֣וֹת (ū·šə·p̄ō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8194: Perhaps cream

from the herd
בָּקָ֔ר (bā·qār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

for David
לְדָוִ֛ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and his people
וְלָעָ֥ם (wə·lā·‘ām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

to eat.
לֶאֱכ֑וֹל (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they said,
אָמְר֔וּ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“The people
הָעָ֗ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

have become hungry,
רָעֵ֛ב (rā·‘êḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7457: Hungry

exhausted,
וְעָיֵ֥ף (wə·‘ā·yêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5889: Faint, weary

and thirsty
וְצָמֵ֖א (wə·ṣā·mê)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6771: Thirsty

in the wilderness.”
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech


Additional Translations
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, 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.

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.

and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.

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.

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who are with him to eat, for they said, 'Thy people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'
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