1 Samuel 21:1

And David arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

In Context

2And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and nobody with thee?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, + 16:4 Gr. is 'thy coming in peace.'Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?

1 Samuel 23:18So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Cæne, and Jonathan went to his home.

Isaiah 10:32Exhort ye them to-day to remain in the way: exhort ye beckoning with the hand the mountain, the daughter of Sion, even ye hills that are in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 21:1

David has now quite taken leave both of Saul's court and of his camp, has bidden farewell to his alter idem—his other self, the beloved Jonathan; and henceforward to the end of this book he is looked upon and treated as an outlaw and proclaimed a traitor. We still find him shifting from place to place for his own safety, and Saul pursuing him. His troubles are very particularly related in this and the following chapters, not only to be a key to the Psalms, but that he might be, as other prophets, an example to the… Read the whole commentary →

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