1 Samuel 30:11

And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.

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In The King James Version

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

In Context

10And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Besor.

12And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:7And if there shall be in the midst of thee a poor man of thy brethren in one of thy cities in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, neither shalt thou by any means close up thy hand from thy brother who is in want.

Deuteronomy 23:8Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:8-21

David Recovers the Spoil. ( b. c. 1055.) 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David enquired at the Lord , saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.… Read the whole commentary →

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