1 Samuel 9:7 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 9:7

Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

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ASV

Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

WEB

“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

YLT

And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God--what is with us?'

DBT

And Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and we have no present to give to the man ofGod: what have we?

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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2 Kings 8:8
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
1 Kings 14:3
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
2 Kings 4:42
And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
Matthew 10:10
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
2 Kings 5:15
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

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): What shall we bring the man? They could not present him, as Jeroboam's wife did Ahijah, with loaves and cakes ( 1 Kings xiv. 3 ), for their bread was spent; but the servant bethought himself that he had in his pocket the fourth part of a shekel, about seven-pence halfpenny in value, and that he would give to the man of God to direct them,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), that all their meat and money were spent. Samuel treats him not as a common person, but a person of quality and distinction, to prepare both him and the people for what was to follow.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1SA 9:72KI 8:8 2KI 1:2
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1SA 9:72KI 5:15 DAN 2:47
1SA 9:7JDG 6:18 GEN 18:5
1SA 9:72KI 5:15 DAN 6:26-27
1SA 9:72KI 8:8 1KI 19:15
1SA 9:72KI 4:42 MAT 14:16-21
1SA 9:71KI 14:3 1SA 9:7-8
1SA 9:72KI 4:42 JHN 6:13

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