What does 1 Samuel 16:20 mean?

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• 1 Samuel 10:27

  But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

• 1 Samuel 17:18

  and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

• Proverbs 18:16

  A man’s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

• 2 Samuel 16:1

  And when David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

• Genesis 43:11

  And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

• 1 Samuel 25:18

  Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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