2 Samuel 16:2

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.