David and Ziba

2 Samuel 16

¹ When _a David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was _b Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. ² And the king said to Ziba, "What do you mean to do with these?" So Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for _c those who are faint in the wilderness to drink." ³ Then the king said, "And where is your _d master's son?" _e And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.' " ⁴ So the king said to Ziba, "Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours." And Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!"

1. Cross References
   2 Samuel 16:15
   Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Samuel 15:30
   So David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.
   2 Samuel 15:32
   Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God - there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 9:2
   And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, " Are you Ziba?" He said, "At your service!
   2 Samuel 19:17
   There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.
   2 Samuel 19:29
   So the king said to him, "Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, 'You and Ziba divide the land.'
   
4. Cross References
   2 Samuel 15:23
   And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.
   2 Samuel 17:29
   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.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Samuel 9:9
   And the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "I have given to your master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
   2 Samuel 9:10
   You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master's son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread at my table always." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.