Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 16:2

2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these?▪ And Ziba said, The asses be for the kings houshold to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, that such as be [illegible: 1+ letters]aint in the wilderness may drink.

For the King, and his Wives and Children were all on Foot; not that he had no[illegible: 1+ letters], or could not procure Asses for them at Ierusalem; but because he chose it as best becomming that State of Penitence and Humiliation in which they were.