2 Samuel 17:29 meaning and explanation

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 17:29, Berean Standard Bible

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Absalom has driven his father David from Jerusalem, and David's party has fled east across the Jordan to Mahanaim, where three men meet them with provisions. The verse lists the last of those supplies, honey, curds, sheep and cheese, and gives the reason the givers state: the people are hungry, exhausted and thirsty in the wilderness.

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