2 Samuel 17:29

17:29 honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. ¹  For they said, “The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.” ² 

2 Samuel 21:1

The Gibeonites Demand Revenge

21:1 During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. ³  The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, ⁴  because he murdered the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 24:13

24:13 Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven ⁵  years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide ⁶  what I should tell the one who sent me.”

[17:29]  ¹ tn Heb “cheese of the herd,” probably referring to cheese from cow’s milk (rather than goat’s milk).

[17:29]  ² tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

[21:1]  ³ tn Heb “sought the face of the Lord.”

[21:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the house of bloodshed.”

[24:13]  ⁵ tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12.

[24:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “now know and see.”