2Sa 16:2 | JFB | STEP | 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.

‏ 2 Samuel 16:2

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.