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Verse 1 Samuel 21:7. _DETAINED BEFORE THE LORD_] Probably fulfilling
some vow to the Lord, and therefore for a time resident at the
tabernacle.
_AND HIS NAME_ WAS _DOEG_] From 1 Samuel 22:9 we learn...
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DETAINED BEFORE THE LORD - Either to fulfill a vow Acts 21:23, or on
account of uncleanness, or under the law of lepers Leviticus 13:4,
Leviticus 13:11,...
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6. DAVID'S VARIED EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. David at Nob with Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21:1)_
2. David's flight to Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 21:10)
With this chapter begins the record of David's...
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1 SAMUEL 21. DAVID AT NOB AND GATH.
1 Samuel 21:1 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear
which of the previous sections finds its sequel here. It is often
connected with 1 Samuel 19:1...
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_detained before the Lord_ In charge of the priest for some religious
purpose such as the fulfilment of a vow, or purification, or on
account of suspected leprosy (Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:11;
Lev...
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DETAINED BEFORE THE LORD— That is, not by force, but either on
account of some vow, or for the making of some necessary expiation....
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David's Flight to Gath, 1 Samuel 21:1-15.
_David At Nob._ 1 Samuel 21:1-9
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was
afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why _ar...
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_NOW A CERTAIN MAN OF THE SERVANTS OF SAUL WAS THERE THAT DAY,
DETAINED BEFORE THE LORD; AND HIS NAME WAS DOEG, AN EDOMITE, THE
CHIEFEST OF THE HERDMEN THAT BELONGED TO SAUL._
Detained before the Lor...
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THE FLIGHT OF DAVID
David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with
food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refuge with
Achish at Gath....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 21
DAVID GOES TO THE TOWN OF NOB
V1 David went and visited Ahimelech the priest. He lived in the town
of Nob. Ahimelech trembled when he went...
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A CERTAIN MAN. — Among the personages who surround Saul in the Bible
story appears incidentally the keeper of the royal mules, and chief of
the household slaves, the “Comes stabuli,” “the constable of...
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_[1 Samuel 21:8]_ וְ שָׁ֡ם אִישׁ֩ מֵ עַבְדֵ֨י...
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
_ DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH._
1 Samuel 21:1.
WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not
living so near to God as before; and in consequence his course beco...
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FOOD AND WEAPON: A SIDE STEP
1 Samuel 21:1
David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where
Ahimelech presided over the relics of the ancient sanctuary. His
suspicions were removed by an...
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Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold
David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of
exile, with its varied experiences, follows. His movements during this...
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Now a certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day, (f)
detained before the LORD; and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the
chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul.
(f) Tarrying to...
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_Within. Hebrew mehtsar, "detained, or assembles before the Lord."
Theodoret thinks he was possessed; others believe he had made a vow,
&c. --- Edomite. Some Greek copies read, a Syrian, as also chap....
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(7) Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the
chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
The character of this...
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We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from
what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to
restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
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The elect king is now rejected. He repairs to the priest, who gives
him the hallowed bread, according to the sovereign grace of God, who
rises above the ordinances that are connected with blessing, wh...
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NOW A CERTAIN MAN OF THE SERVANTS OF SAUL [WAS] THERE THAT DAY,....
When David came to Nob, and asked bread of the priest, and had it,
which this man was an eyewitness of, 1 Samuel 22:9;
DETAINED BEF...
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Now a certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the
chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul.
Ver. 7. _Now a cert...
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_Detained before the Lord_ That is, at the tabernacle. It is not to be
imagined that he was detained here by force, but by his own choice he
stayed there that day, either because it was the sabbath da...
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[DAUID AT NOB.]
1 Dauid at Nob, obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread.
7 Doeg was present.
8 Dauid taketh Goliaths sword.
10 Dauid at Gath faineth himselfe madde.
1 THEN came Dauid to Nob, to Ahi...
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Now, a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the Lord, either as a proselyte, expecting to be
received into the congregation of the Lord, or for the sake of some
puri...
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DAVID AT NOB...
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David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the
priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the
history here that he had no-one identified with him, yet there m...
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1-9 David, in distress, fled to the tabernacle of God. It is great
comfort in a day of trouble, that we have a God to go to, to whom we
may open our cases, and from whom we may ask and expect directi...
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DETAINED; not by force from others, but by his own choice; he fixed
his abode there for that day; either because it was the sabbath day,
on which he might not proceed in his journey, or other business...
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1 Samuel 21:7 man H376 servants H5650 Saul H7586 day H3117 detained
H6113 (H8737) before H6440 LORD H3068 name...
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AS A REFUGEE DAVID VISITS AHIMELECH THE PRIEST AND OBTAINS PROVISIONS
AND WEAPONS (1 SAMUEL 21:1).
Recognising that he dare not return home to obtain food or weapons,
the refugee David seeks help from...
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CONTENTS: David flees to Ahimelech and Achish.
CHARACTERS: David, Ahimelech, Doeg, Achish.
CONCLUSION: If we would but trust God aright, we would not have to
resort to miserable and dishonoring devi...
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1 Samuel 21:1. _Nob;_ fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road
to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of
priests. After they were all murdered, by Saul, the ark was...
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_A certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained
before the Lord._
DOEG THE EDOMITE
Doeg was “detained there before the Lord.” How or why he “was
detained before the Lord,” we are...
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_Then came David to Nob._
ALMOST GONE
It is not easy to walk with God.
I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was
impending was his remark to Jonathan, that there was but a step...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:1 David begins his life as a fugitive.
He moves around from place to place, gathering a group of 400 men,
which later increases to 600. Saul is single-minded in his
determ...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:7 DOEG. See 1 Samuel 22:9.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 21:1. The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from
Isaiah 10:28, we gather that it was on the road northward between
Jerusalem and Anathoth. Porter i...
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DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES (1 Samuel
21:1.).
EXPOSITION
DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB ...
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So David now fled to Nob to Ahimelech who was the priest: and
Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are
you alone, why aren't there men with you? [You know David was a
cap...
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1 Chronicles 27:29; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 22:9; 2 Chronicles 26:10;...
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Detained — Not by force but by his choice; he fixed his abode there
for that day; either because it was the sabbath — day; on which he
might not proceed in his journey, or for the discharge of some vo...