2 Samuel 17:29

Contextual Overview

²² Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over the Jordan. ²² So David and all the people with him went across the Jordan River during the night, and they were all on the other bank before dawn. ²² Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. ²² So David and all his people crossed the Jordan River. By dawn, everyone had crossed the Jordan. ²² So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan. ²² Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over Jordan. ²² Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan. ²²Then David and all the people who were with him departed and crossed over the Jordan. By daybreak, not even one was left who had not crossed the Jordan. ²² Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan. ²² Therfor Dauid roos, and al the puple that was with hym, and thei passiden Jordan, til it was cleer dai, bifor that the word was pupplischid; and sotheli not oon was left, that `passide not the flood.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cheese of kine: 1 Samuel 17:18

for David: Luke 8:3, Philippians 4:15-19

to eat: 2 Samuel 17:2, Psalms 34:8-10, Psalms 84:11

The people: Judges 8:4-6, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Isaiah 21:14, Isaiah 58:7

in the wilderness: 2 Samuel 16:2, 2 Samuel 16:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:14 - Butter Judges 8:5 - loaves 1 Samuel 25:18 - took two Job 20:17 - of honey Isaiah 7:22 - butter and honey

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And honey and butter,.... Honey was much in use with the ancients; Homer b speaks of it as a part of the provisions at a feast, and as food with which persons were nourished and brought up; and the ancient Scythians lived on milk and honey c; and this and butter were pretty much the food of the people in Judea; see Isaiah 7:15;

and sheep; with which and goats the land of Gilead abounded; see Song of Solomon 4:1;

and cheese of kine: made of the milk of cows, as it commonly is:

for David, and for the people that [were] with him, to eat; and no doubt they brought wine with them for them to drink; the men that brought these, some brought one sort, and some another, or however different parcels of the same, and did not join in one present; for they came from different parts:

for they said, the people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness; where they had been some time, and out of which they had just come, and so weary with travelling, and therefore brought beds to lie down and rest upon; and being hungry and thirsty, through want of bread and water in the wilderness, they brought them both eatables and drinkables; for though the latter is not expressed, it is to be understood, as the word "thirsty" supposes.

b Iliad. 11. ver. 630. Odyss. 10. ver. 245. & Odyss. 20. ver. 72. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 3. c. 11. Sueton. Vita Nero. c. 27. c Justin e Trogo, l. 2. c. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cheese of kine - Or, as others, “milch cows,” which is more in accordance with the context, being coupled with “sheep,” and is more or less borne out etymologically by the Arabic. God’s care for David was evident in the kindness of these people.