1 Samuel 21:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 21:3

Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.

KJV

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Isaac and the Soul, 6.56 (397)

Even if they accuse, yet Christ excuses, and he makes the souls that he wishes, that follow him, similar to David, who ate the loaves of proposition outside of the law—for even then he foresaw in his mind the prophetic mysteries of a new grace.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

People should be free with their faithful ministers. David was a man of great faith and courage, and yet now both failed him, and he fell thus foully through fear and cowardice, and both owing to the weakness of his faith. Had he trusted God aright, he would not have used such a sorry sinful shift as this for his own preservation.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
יֵּ֧שׁ	yesh	[is] there	H3426 →
תַּֽחַת־	ta.chat-	under	H8478 →
יָדְךָ֛	ya.de.Kha	hand your	H3027 →
חֲמִשָּׁה־	cha.mi.shah-	five	H2568 →
לֶ֖חֶם	Le.chem	bread[s]	H3899 →
תְּנָ֣ה	te.Nah	give !	H5414 →
בְיָדִ֑י	ve.ya.Di	in hand my	H3027 →
א֖וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
הַנִּמְצָֽא׃	ha.nim.Tza'	that [which] may be found	H4672 →

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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The walk8

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
1 Samuel 21:4
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
leads to
- Matthew 12:3–4
  Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Exodus 19:15
  “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- Exodus 25:30
  And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
  Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack…
Through
Isaiah 3:6
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
leads to
- Isaiah 4:1
  In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away…
- John 6:15
  Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
- Judges 11:6–8
  “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
Through
Judges 9:29
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:4
  And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

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