made haste: 1Sa 25:34; Num 16:46-48; Pro 6:4-5; Mat 5:25
took two: The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes. Gen 32:13-20, Gen 43:11-14; 2Sa 17:28-29; Pro 18:16, Pro 21:14
two bottles: That is, two goatskins' full.
five sheep: Not one sheep to one hundred men.
clusters: Heb. lumps, Raisins dried in the sun, 2Sa 16:1
cakes of figs: Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.