2 Samuel 16:2

2And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, a“The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who bfaint in the wilderness to drink.”

Matthew 3:1

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 cIn those days dJohn the Baptist came preaching in ethe wilderness of Judea,

Matthew 3:3

3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

f“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
gPrepare
Or  crying: Prepare in the wilderness
the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”

Luke 1:80

80 iAnd the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was jin the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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