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1 Samuel 21:3

1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

2 “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.

Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

4 “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

5 David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
KJV
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
WEB
Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”
ASV
Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.
DARBY
And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.
BLB
And now, what have you on hand? Give five [loaves of] bread into my hand, or what is found.”
ÅB
Men hva har du nå ved hånden? La meg få fem brød eller hva der finnes!
OTB
Så, hva har du av forsyninger tilgjengelig? Gi meg fem brød, eller hva som kan finnes."
B1930
Men hvad har du nu ved hånden? La mig få fem brød eller hvad der finnes!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 21:4

    “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

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  • Isaiah 3:6

    A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”

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  • Judges 9:29

    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”

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