a present A word occurring here only, to denote the present with which one approachesa great man. The cognate verb is found in Isaiah 57:9, "Thou wentestto the king with ointment." For presents offered to prophetscompare 1Ki 14:3; 2 Kings 5:15 ff; 2 Kings 8:8-9: and for the present of breadwhich Saul suggests they might have given compare the "handfuls of barley and pieces of bread" received by the false prophetesses in Ezekiel 13:19. See Smith's Dict. of the Bible, Art. Gifts.

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