18 Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers(A) are and bring back some assurance[a] from them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:18 Or some token; or some pledge of spoils

18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

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18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and (A)see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”

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18 Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs[a] of roasted grain,(A) a hundred cakes of raisins(B) and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.(C)

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:18 That is, probably about 60 pounds or about 27 kilograms

18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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18 Then Abigail made haste and (A)took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

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27 And let this gift,(A) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.

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27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

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27 And now (A)this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

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David and Ziba

16 When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba,(A) the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.(B)

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16 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

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Mephibosheth’s Servant

16 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.

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The king asked Ziba, “Why have you brought these?”

Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh(A) those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

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And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

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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 (A)those who are faint in the wilderness to drink.”

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