1 Samuel 21:1

And he arose and departed: and Yonatan went into the Ir.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

2Then came Dovid to Nov to Achimelech HaKohen; and Achimelech was afraid at the meeting of Dovid, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no ish with thee?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4And Shmuel did that which Hashem spoke, and came to Beit-Lechem. And the zekenim of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou in shalom?

1 Samuel 23:18And they two made a brit (covenant) before Hashem; and Dovid stayed at Chorshah, and Yonatan went to his bais.

Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nov this very day; 1 he shall shake his fist against the Har Bat Tziyon, 1 the Givat Yerushalayim. 1

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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