And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the (d) vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in a manner common, yea, though it (e) were sanctified this day in the vessel.
(d) That is, their bodies.
(e) Shall be more careful to keep his vessel holy, when he has eaten of this holy food.
THE VESSELS OF THE YOUNG MEN ... - i. e., their clothes Deuteronomy 22:5 or wallets (marginal reference), or other articles which might be Levitically unclean and need cleansing (Leviticus 13:58;...
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...
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...
VESSELS. wallets. Compare 1 Samuel 17:40. Word not used in O.T. in the N.T. sense of 2 Timothy 2:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:4, &. c. holy. See note on...
_the vessels_ The wallets or other utensils into which the bread would be put. If these were Levitically unclean they would defile the bread. David assures Ahimelech that there is no ceremonial object...
AND THE VESSELS OF THE YOUNG MEN— i.e. their bodies; see 1 Thessalonians 4:4. Houbigant renders this verse, _David answered the priest, We have indeed been absent from our wives these three days, sinc...
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...
_AND DAVID ANSWERED THE PRIEST, AND SAID UNTO HIM, OF A TRUTH WOMEN HAVE BEEN KEPT FROM US ABOUT THESE THREE DAYS, SINCE I CAME OUT, AND THE VESSELS OF THE YOUNG MEN ARE HOLY, AND THE BREAD IS IN A MA...
Better, 'of a truth women have been kept from us as is usual, when I go on an expedition.' _The bread is_ IN A MANNER COMMON] The meaning is obscure. RV 'though it was but a common journey; how much m...
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....
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...
THE VESSELS. — Their clothes and light, portable baggage — answering to the modern “knapsack.” The Vulg. renders the Hebrew word by “vasa.” David means to say, “Since we have just left home, you may r...
_[1 Samuel 21:6]_ וַ יַּעַן֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת ־הַ...
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...
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...
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...
Vessels, i.e., the bodies, have been holy; that is, have been kept from impurity: (Challoner) in which sense St. Paul uses the word, 1 Thessalonians iv. 4. It also includes garments, arms, &c. All was...
(4) And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. (5) And David answered th...
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...
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...
AND DAVID ANSWERED THE PRIEST, AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... In reply to the case of the young men his servants, and of himself too, who also was intended by the priest, though out of reverence to him not me...
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in a...
_About these three days_ As long as the law required, Exodus 19:15. And so long, it seems, David and his men had hid themselves for fear of Saul, whereby they were kept both from their wives and from...
[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...
And David answered the priest and said unto him, of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, the time since they had started on this expedition, SINCE I CAME OUT, AND THE VESSELS,...
DAVID AT NOB...
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...
YEA, THOUGH IT WERE SANCTIFIED THIS DAY IN THE VESSEL: Or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel...
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...
ABOUT THESE THREE DAYS; as long as the law required, EXODUS 19:15. And so long David and his men had, it seems, hid themselves for fear of Saul in some of those caves, whereof there were many in those...
1 Samuel 21:5 David H1732 answered H6030 (H8799) priest H3548 said H559 (H8799) Truly H518 women H802 kept...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 21:4 COMMON BREAD, which might be eaten by anyone, is distinguished from HOLY BREAD, which, like sacrifices, could be eaten only by the “clean” (e.g.,...
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...
DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES (1 Samuel 21:1.). EXPOSITION DAVID'S FLIGHT TO NOB ...
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...
1 Peter 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:4; 2 Timothy 2:20;...
Three days — As long as the law required, Exodus 19:15. And so long David, and his men hid, it seems, hid themselves for fear of Saul, whereby they were kept both from women: and from food convenient...