John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:28
Brought beds ,.... 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 F26 Vid. Aristophan. in Pluto, p. 55. , see Proverbs 7:16 ; and so ten basins in the next clause: and basins, and earthen vessels ; to put their food and liquors in, and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:22-29
Here is, I. The transporting of David and his forces over Jordan, pursuant to the advice he had received from his friends at Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 17:22. He, and all that were with him, went over in the night, whether in ferryboats, which probably always plied there, or through the fords, does not appear. But special notice is taken of this, that there lacked not one of them: none deserted him, though his distress was great, none staid behind sick or weary, nor were any lost or cast away in... read more