²⁰ Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

²⁷ But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

¹⁶ A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.

¹⁸ and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge.

¹¹ Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it be so now, do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

¹⁸ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

¹ When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

² 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 such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.