1 Samuel 21:6
4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7 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.
8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
- KJV
- So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- WEB
- So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before the LORD, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- ASV
- So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- DARBY
- And the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away.
- BLB
- And the priest gave to him holy [bread], for there was no bread except for the Bread of the Presence, which is turned aside from the face of YHWH, to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.
- ÅB
- Da gav presten ham hellig brød, for det var ikke annet brød der enn skuebrødene, som var tatt bort fra Herrens åsyn, for at ferskt brød kunne legges isteden samme dag som de ble tatt bort.
- OTB
- Så ga presten ham det hellige brødet, siden det ikke var noe annet brød der enn skuebrødene, som var tatt bort fra Herrens åsyn for å erstatte det med varmt brød når det ble fjernet.
- B1930
- Da gav presten ham hellig brød, for det var ikke annet brød der enn skuebrødene, som var tatt bort fra Herrens åsyn, forat ferskt brød kunde legges isteden samme dag som de blev tatt bort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:3–4
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Read in contextLeviticus 24:5–9
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Read in contextMatthew 12:3–4
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Read in contextMark 2:25–27
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Read in context