1 Samuel 10:4
in 1 Samuel 10They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hand.
KJV
And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd they will salute thee - ושאלו לך לשלום veshaalu lecha leshalom, “And they will inquire of thee concerning peace,” i.e., welfare. In the East, if this salutation be given, then the person or persons giving it may be reckoned friends; if the others return it, then there is friendship on both sides. Salaam alicum, Peace to you! is the mode of compellation: Alicum essalaam, To you be peace! is the return. If you give the former and receive not the latter, you may expect hostility.
This site's exposition
two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah
on 1 Samuel 10:2-4
Signs confirm the private word before Saul reaches home: two men at Rachel's tomb tell him the donkeys are found, and three men going up to Bethel give him bread. A third sign follows at Gibeah of God. Each sign falls on ground his own tribe knows, so the confirmation is local and checkable.
This site's exposition
They will greet you
Adam Clarke notes that the greeting is literally an inquiry after Saul's peace, the salute that marks a stranger as a friend. Matthew Henry notes that the loaves were meant for the sacrifice at Bethel. Two of them go to Saul.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5 · Written before 604.
proposed
But what they are in themselves and what they are to others, he sets forth, saying: 'And when they have greeted you, they will give you two loaves, and you shall receive them from their hand.' Holy men greet us when they announce to us the eternal goods of salvation. Those who greet us in the body incline their head to show reverence to the one greeted. But for spiritual men to incline the head is to bring down their mind from the highest contemplation.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they will salute thee,....
It is supposed that those kids and loaves, and the bottle of wine which the three men had with them, were designed for sacrifice, with the meat-offerings and drink-offerings that were to attend the sacrifice; yet Samuel tells Saul that they will give him two of their loaves, and he must take them.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁאֲל֥וּ | veshaalu | and they will ask | H7592 → | 171 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | of <the> you | ||
| לְשָׁל֑וֹם | leshalom | to welfare | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וְנָתְנ֤וּ | venatenu | and they will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| שְׁתֵּי־ | shetei- | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| לֶ֔חֶם | lechem | bread[s] | H3899 → | 298 times |
| וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ | velakachta | and you will take [them] | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מִיָּדָֽם׃ | miyadam | from hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
וְשָׁאֲל֥וּand they will ask
veshaaluH7592 →171 times
לְךָ֖of <the> you
lekha
לְשָׁל֑וֹםto welfare
leshalomH7965 →236 times
וְנָתְנ֤וּand they will give
venatenuH5414 →2011 times
לְךָ֙to <the> you
lekha
שְׁתֵּי־two
shetei-H8147 →768 times
לֶ֔חֶםbread[s]
lechemH3899 →298 times
וְלָקַחְתָּ֖and you will take [them]
velakachtaH3947 →966 times
מִיָּדָֽם׃from hand their
miyadamH3027 →1618 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
Judges 18:15So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
it leads to
- Genesis 43:27
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
- John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- Genesis 37:14
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when…
- Luke 10:4–6
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- Matthew 10:12–13
As you enter the home, greet its occupants.
- Genesis 43:27
About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.