with a couple: 2Sa 17:27-29, 2Sa 19:32; 1Sa 17:17-18, 1Sa 25:18; 1Ch 12:40; Pro 18:16, Pro 29:4-5
summer: These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account. Jer 40:10, Jer 40:12; Amo 8:1; Mic 7:1