Discovery Box2 Samuel 6:19 
Context6:19 He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel, 1 both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake, 2 and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home. 3
2 Samuel 15:24
Context15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving 4 the city.
2 Samuel 19:41
Context19:41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”
1 tn Heb “to all the people, to all the throng of Israel.”
2 tn The Hebrew word used here אֶשְׁפָּר (’espar) is found in the OT only here and in the parallel passage found in 1 Chr 16:3. Its exact meaning is uncertain, although the context indicates that it was a food of some sort (cf. KJV “a good piece of flesh”; NRSV “a portion of meat”). The translation adopted here (“date cake”) follows the lead of the Greek translations of the LXX, Aquila, and Symmachus (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “and all the people went, each to his house.”
4 tn Heb “crossing from.”
