What does 2 Samuel 17:29 mean?
ESV: honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."
NIV: honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, "The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness."
NASB: honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, 'The people are hungry and exhausted and thirsty in the wilderness.'
CSB: honey, curds, sheep, goats, and cheese from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, "The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness."
NLT: honey, butter, sheep, goats, and cheese for David and those who were with him. For they said, 'You must all be very hungry and tired and thirsty after your long march through the wilderness.'
KJV: 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.
NKJV: honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
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Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.
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