16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The {b} asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
(b) Commonly there are no viler traitors than they, who under the pretence of friendship accuse others.
16:1-4 Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides.
