Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messagehoney and cream, sheep and fresh cheese — all laid before David and his people to eat. "The people are hungry and exhausted and thirsty out in the wilderness," they said.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Ghoney, curds, sheep, and fresh cheeses — set before Dawid and all the people with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."
KJV
King James VersionAnd 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.
BSB
Berean Standard Biblehoney, 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.”
Footnotes
The three men who provision David represent a remarkable coalition of loyalty across ethnic and social lines. Shobi is an Ammonite — likely a son of Nahash installed as a client-ruler by David after the Ammonite war (2 Sam. 12:29–31), now repaying hesed across national boundaries. Machir had sheltered the disabled Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 9:4–5), demonstrating faithfulness to David's covenant and its beneficiaries. Barzillai, the wealthy Gileadite elder, will reappear at David's restoration as one of his most devoted supporters (2 Sam. 19:31–39). That foreigners, the guardian of the covenant-child, and a regional elder converge to sustain the fugitive king carries deep typological resonance — the true king in exile is fed by the unexpected and the faithful, echoing Elijah sustained in the wilderness (1 Kings 19:5–8) and anticipating the Son of David ministered to by angels after His own wilderness trial (Matt. 4:11). FOG preserves Hebrew name forms throughout; FOG Message uses conventional English while drawing out the providential dimension.
