Cross references

2 Samuel 16:2

“Why do you have these?” asked the king.

Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 16:2 BSB

2 Samuel 16:2 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 17:29 (5 votes) and Judges 10:4 (4 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 21 to John 12.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 16:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 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. He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

  3. You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

  4. and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

  5. “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

  6. Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit. So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

  7. Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

  8. Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

  9. Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

  10. Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 16:2?

The 10 strongest of 18.