2 Samuel 16:2 (BSB)

“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

From 2 Samuel 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 16:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Samuel 16:1-4: We read before how kind David was to Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, how he prudently entrusted his servant Ziba with the management of his estate, while he generously entertained him at his own table, Sa2 9:10. This matter was well settled; but, it seems, Ziba is not content to be manager, he longs to be master, of Mephibosheth's estate.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Samuel 16:2: And the king said unto Ziba, what meanest thou by these?.... Are they to be said, or are they presents? and Ziba said, the asses be for the king's household to ride on; for himself, his wives, and children, his courtiers, and the principal officers of his house; it being usual in those times and countries for great personages to ride on asses, see Jdg...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on 2 Samuel 16:2: The asses be for the king's household to ride on--The royal fugitives were moving on foot, not from inability to procure conveyances, but as being suitable to their present state of humiliation and penitence.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 2 Samuel 16:2: And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The 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.