²³ The whole countryside wept aloud^(A) as all the people passed by. The king also crossed the Kidron Valley,^(B) and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.

²⁹ honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat.^(A) For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.^(B)”