Thematic Bible: Voluntary contributions
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And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them. Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.