1 Samuel 30:12 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 30:12

a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

BSB

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ASV

and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

KJV

And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 36 (604)

The poor and the feeble, the blind and the lame, are called and come because the weak and the despised in this world are often quicker to hear the voice of God, as in this world they have nothing to delight them.The Egyptian servant of the Amalekites is a good example of this. When the Amalekites were plundering and moving about, he was left behind on the road sick and fainting from hunger and thirst.

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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they gave him a piece of cake of figs,.... That were dried and pressed together, and made into cakes: and two clusters of raisins; or dried grapes, as the Targum: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; he seemed to be quite dispirited, almost lifeless, but upon eating some food he was refreshed, and his spirits revived, and he was capable of conversing: for he had eaten no bread, nor drank any water, three days and three nights; that is, one whole day, and part of two days, as appears from 1Sa 30:13.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Three days and nights - One whole day and part of two others, as appears from the next verse, where he saith, three days ago I fell sick, but in the Hebrew it is, this is the third day since I fell sick.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those are unworthy the name of Israelites who shut up the bowels of their compassion from persons in distress. It was also prudently done to relieve this Egyptian; for, though despicable, he was capable of doing them service: so it proved, though they were not certain of this when they relieved him.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְּנוּ־	vai.yi.te.nu-	and they gave	H5414 →
לוֹ֩	lo	to <the> him
פֶ֨לַח	Fe.lach	a slice of	H6400 →
דְּבֵלָ֜ה	de.ve.Lah	fig cake	H1690 →
וּשְׁנֵ֤י	u.she.Nei	and two	H8147 →
צִמֻּקִים֙	tzi.mu.Kim	bunches of raisins	H6778 →
וַיֹּ֔אכַל	vai.Yo.khal	and he ate	H398 →
וַתָּ֥שָׁב	va.Ta.shov	and it returned	H7725 →
רוּח֖וֹ	ru.Cho	spirit his	H7307 →
אֵלָ֑יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
כִּ֠י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אָ֤כַל	'A.khal	he had eaten	H398 →
לֶ֙חֶם֙	le.chem	food	H3899 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
שָׁ֣תָה	Sha.tah	he had drunk	H8354 →
מַ֔יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה	she.lo.Shah	three	H7969 →
יָמִ֖ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה	u.she.lo.Shah	and three	H7969 →
לֵילֽוֹת׃ ס	lei.Lot	nights	H3915 →

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.

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Esther 4:16
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast…
leads to
- Acts 20:24
  But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
- 2 Chronicles 20:3
  Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
- Joel 2:12–17
  “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- Luke 9:24
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
- Genesis 18:19
  For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that…
Through
Matthew 27:63
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
leads to
- Luke 9:22
  “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to…
- Matthew 16:21
  From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must…
- John 2:19
  Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

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