2 Samuel 17:28

They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — David arrives at Mahanaim after fleeing Jerusalem, where Shobi, Machir, and Barzillai meet him to supply his exhausted camp.

The words — The text lists מִשְׁכָּב (mish.Kav, beds), סַפּוֹת (sa.pOt, basins), and כְּלִי יוֹצֵר (khe.Li yo.Tzer, earthenware vessels made by a potter) alongside wheat, barley, flour, and roasted grain.

The thread — This supply pattern appears when Ziba brings provisions to David in 2 Samuel 16:1 and when Abigail delivers bread and meat to David’s camp in 1 Samuel 25:18.

Why it lands — The verse records the logistical reality of sustaining a fleeing army, requiring readers to account for how leaders secure and distribute physical resources under pressure.

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The Hebrew words

מִשְׁכָּ֤בmish.Kavbed[s]וְסַפּוֹת֙ve./sa.pOtand/ basins וּכְלִ֣יu./khe.Liand/ a vessel of יוֹצֵ֔רyo.Tzera potter וְחִטִּ֥יםve./chi.Timand/ wheat<s>וּשְׂעֹרִ֖יםu./se.'o.Rimand/ barley<s>וְקֶ֣מַחve./Ke.machand/ flour וְקָלִ֑יve./ka.Liand/ roasted grain וּפ֥וֹלu./Foland/ bean[s]וַעֲדָשִׁ֖יםva./'a.da.Shimand/ lentils וְקָלִֽי׃ve./ka.Liand/ roasted grain

King James Version

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

Cross-references

1 Samuel 25:18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
2 Samuel 16:1 When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
Isaiah 32:8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Obadiah 1:3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’