1 Samuel 21:7

And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants + 21:7 The word Νεεσσαρὰν is another repitition. Heb. בעצר. detained before the Lord, and his name was Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

In Context

6So Abimelech the priest gave him the show bread; for there were no loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day on which he took them.

8And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under your hand spear or sword, for I have not + 21:8 Gr. taken. brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.

Leviticus 22:10And no stranger shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things.

Leviticus 24:5And you⌃ shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts.

1 Samuel 11:5And, behold, Saul came after the early morning out of the field: and Saul said, Why does the people week? and they tell him the words of the men of Jabis.

1 Samuel 22:9And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul + 22:9 Gr. answers. answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.

1 Chronicles 27:29And over the oxen pasturing in Saron was Satrai the Saronite; and over the oxen in the valleys was Sophat the son of Adli.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 21:2-10

David Obtains the Show-Bread; David Gets the Sword of Goliath. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 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? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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