2 Samuel 16:1
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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.
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As David fled Jerusalem during Absalom’s revolt, he crossed the Jordan region and went up the Mount of Olives east of the city. These locations mark his humiliating departure from the royal center, setting the immediate context for Ziba’s meeting with supplies.
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2 Samuel 16:1 mentions Jerusalem, Jordan and Mount of Olives.
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