1 Samuel 21:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 21:1

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

BSB

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ASV

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

KJV

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Nob was a city of the priests, the high priest resided there, and the tabernacle was pitched there 1Sa 21:4, 1Sa 21:6,1Sa 21:9; 1Sa 22:10. It was situated on the road from the north to Jerusalem, near Anathoth, and within sight of the holy city Isa 10:32; Neh 11:32. But the site has not been identified with certainty.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ahimelech the priest is surprised to see him in so poor an equipage; having heard that he had fallen into disgrace at court, he looked shy upon him, as most are apt to do upon their friends when the world frowns upon them. He was afraid of incurring Saul's displeasure by entertaining him, and took notice how mean a figure he now made to what he used to make: Why art thou alone?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

To enquire of the Lord there, and to beg direction from him in the way both of duty and safety, his case being difficult and dangerous. That this was his business appears ch. xxii. 10 , where it is said that Ahimelech enquired of the Lord for him, as he had done formerly,

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֤א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
דָוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
נֹ֔בֶה	Noeh	Nob towards	H5011 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ	'a.chi.Me.lekh	Ahimelech	H288 →
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד	vai.ye.che.Rad	and he trembled	H2729 →
אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ	'a.chi.Me.lekh	Ahimelech	H288 →
לִקְרַ֣את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
דָּוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> him
מַדּ֤וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
אַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	[are] you	H859 →
לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ	le.va.De.kha	to alone you	H905 →
וְאִ֖ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and [is] anyone	H376 →
אֵ֥ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
אִתָּֽךְ׃	'i.Takh	with you	H854 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 2:26
During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:17
  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- Leviticus 24:5–9
  You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
Through
1 Samuel 14:3
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 4:21
  And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- 1 Samuel 2:28
  And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I…
- 1 Samuel 22:20
  But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
Through
1 Samuel 16:4
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:13
  Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
- 1 Chronicles 12:17–18
  And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me…
- Luke 5:8
  When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel