OLD TESTAMENT

2 Samuel 16:2

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The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”

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Verse 2. Loaves. Hebrew “and to fight.” But the Septuagint and the Masorets reject the letter l, which causes the difference. Calmet.

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