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honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 29. Calves. Many translate the Hebrew “cheese of kine.” Theodotion.—“Calves fed with milk.” Bible.—Wilderness, where they had been; unless this be placed out of its natural order. Calmet.—The value of a present depends greatly on the time when it is made. Bible.—“How much dost thou esteem a hospitable reception in a wilderness?” and so forth Seneca, Ben. vi. 15.
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