John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 1. And when David was a little past the top [of the hill] , etc.] Of the mount of Olives, the ascent of which he is said to go up by, and to come to the top of it, ( 2 Samuel 15:30,32); behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him ; of whom (see Samuel 9:2); with a couple of asses saddled : and so fit to ride on, but for the present he used them to another purpose: and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread ; an hundred on each ass very probably: and an hundred bunches of raisins ; or dried grapes, as the Targum: and an hundred of summer fruits : not in number, but in weight, as apples, pears, plums, apricots, etc. so the Targum, an hundred pounds of figs: and a bottle of wine : a cask or flagon of wine; for a bottle, such as is in use with us, would have signified nothing in such a company.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides.
Original Hebrew ודוד1732 עבר5674 מעט4592 מהראשׁ7218 והנה2009 ציבא6717 נער5288 מפי בשׁת4648 לקראתו7122 וצמד6776 חמרים2543 חבשׁים2280 ועליהם5921 מאתים3967 לחם3899 ומאה3967 צמוקים6778 ומאה3967 קיץ7019 ונבל5035 יין׃3196
