1 Samuel 21:1

And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why are you alone, and nobody with you?

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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 said to the priest, The king gave me a command today, and said to me, Let no one know the matter on which I send you, and concerning which I have charged you: and I have charged my servants to be in the place that is called, + 21:2 This is another instance of double translation, מקוצ suggesting probably both the idea of place and faithfulness. The faithfulness of God, + 21:2 Phellani maemoni, a corruption of פלכי אלמבי. Phellani Maemoni.

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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 'your coming in peace.' Do you come peaceably, you Seer?

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

Isaiah 10:32Exhort you⌃ them today to remain in the way: exhort you⌃ beckoning with the hand the mountain, the daughter of Sion, even you⌃ 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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