2 Samuel 17:28

“Brought beds, etc.] For David and his men, who, fleeing from Jerusalem in haste, could bring none with them, and therefore were ill provided while in the plains of the wilderness; the Septuagint version says there were ten of them, and that they were of tapestry, wrought on both sides, and such the ancients used f298, (see <200716>Proverbs 7:16); and so ten basins in the next clause: and basins, and earthen vessels; to put their food and liquors in, and eat and drink out of, and for other services: and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn]; or “kali”, which was made of the above corn ground into meal, and mixed with water or milk, and eaten with honey or oil, as there was another…”

“beds: These no doubt consisted of skins of beasts, mats, carpets, and such like. Sa2 16:1, Sa2 16:2; Sa1 25:18; Isa 32:8 basins: or, cups, Sappoth, probably wooden bowls, such as the Arabs still eat out of, and knead their bread in. earthen vessels: Keley yotzair, literally, "vessels of the potter." So when Dr. Perry visited the temple of Luxor in Egypt, he says, "We were entertained by the Caliph here with great civility and favour; he sent us, in return of our presents, several sheep, a good quantity of eggs, bardacks," etc. The bardacks, he informs us, were earthen vessels, used "to cool and refresh their water in, by means of which it drinks very cool and pleasant in the hottest seasons…”