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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 17:29 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
2Sa 17:29	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
in the wilderness--spread out beyond the cultivated tablelands into the steppes of Hauran.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

in the wilderness--spread out beyond the cultivated tablelands into the steppes of Hauran.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
In - Having been in the wilderness. Thus God sometimes makes up to his people that comfort from strangers, which they are disappointed of in their own families.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

In - Having been in the wilderness. Thus God sometimes makes up to his people that comfort from strangers, which they are disappointed of in their own families.

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