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1 Samuel 22:10

in 1 Samuel 22

Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

KJV

And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

This verse in 1 Samuel 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And he inquired of the Lord for him - This circumstance is not related in history; but it is probably true, as David would most naturally wish to know where to direct his steps in this very important crisis.

This site's exposition

the son of Jesse coming to Nob

on 1 Samuel 22:9-10

Doeg the Edomite alone answers Saul's demand, reporting that he saw David at Nob with Ahimelech, who enquired of the Lord for him and gave him bread and the sword of Goliath. This is one of the enquired of the Lord beats that marks both books, and here Doeg turns a priest's ordinary office into evidence of treason. The title standing over Psalm 52 names Doeg as the occasion of that psalm, though this database stores psalm titles apart from the verses themselves and the link cannot be shown from the floor by query.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

on 1 Samuel 22:9-10

He ought to have told Saul further that David had made Ahimelech believe he was then going upon the king's business; so that what service he did to David, however it proved, was designed in honour to Saul, and this would have cleared Ahimelech, whom Saul had in his power, and would have thrown all the blame upon David, who was out of his reach.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But they chose rather to disobey the king than to offend God by imbruing their hands in the blood of his ministering servants. A foreigner alone (Ps 52:1-3) could be found willing to be the executioner of this bloody and sacrilegious sentence. Thus was the doom of the house of Eli fulfilled [1Sa 2:30-36].

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁאַל־and he enquired

    vaiyishal-H7592171 times

  • לוֹ֙for <the> him

    lo

  • בַּֽיהוָ֔הby Yahweh

    bayahwehH30686520 times

  • וְצֵידָ֖הand food

    vetzeidahH6720

  • נָ֣תַןhe gave

    natanH54142011 times

  • ל֑וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • וְאֵ֗תand <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • חֶ֛רֶב[the] sword of

    cherevH2719413 times

  • גָּלְיָ֥תGoliath

    galyatH15556 times

  • הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יthe Philistine

    hapelishtiH6430287 times

  • נָ֥תַןhe gave

    natanH54142011 times

  • לֽוֹ׃to <the> him

    lo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 30:8

    and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 5:19

      So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Samuel 5:23

      So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 30:18

      So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

    • 1 Samuel 23:2

      So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

    • Proverbs 3:5–6

      Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

  • Through

    1 Samuel 23:2

    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

    it leads to

    • Joshua 9:14

      Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 23:4

      Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

    • 1 Samuel 30:8

      and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.