1 Chronicles 12:40

38 All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

39 They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

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BSB
And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
WEB
Moreover those who were near to them, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, on camels, on mules, and on oxen: supplies of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, cattle, and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.
ASV
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.
DARBY
and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel.
BLB
And those very near to them as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali were bringing food on the donkeys, and on the camels, and on the mules, and on the oxen, and provisions of flour, and cakes of figs, and cakes of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and oxen, and sheep. Indeed, [there was] joy in Israel.
ÅB
Også de som bodde dem nærmest, like til Issakar og Sebulon og Naftali, kom med mat på eseler og kameler og mulesler og okser: mel, fikenkaker og rosinkaker og vin og olje og storfe og småfe i mengde; for det var glede i Israel.
OTB
Dessuten, de som var nær dem, så langt som Issakar, Sebulon og Naftali,
brakte mat på esler, kameler, muldyr og okser—store mengder mel, fikenkaker, rosinkaker, vin, olje, okser og sauer.
Det var virkelig glede i Israel.
B1930
Også de som bodde dem nærmest, like til Issakar og Sebulon og Naftali, kom med mat på asener og kameler og mulesler og okser: mel, fikenkaker og rosinkaker og vin og olje og storfe og småfe i mengde; for det var glede i Israel.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:18

    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

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  • Proverbs 29:2

    When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

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  • Proverbs 11:10

    When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:1

    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

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  • 2 Kings 11:20

    and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.

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  • Revelation 19:5–7

    Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”

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  • 2 Samuel 17:27–29

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

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  • 1 Kings 1:40

    All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

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