1 Samuel 30:11
9 So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
10 because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
12 a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
13 Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
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
- Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
- ASV
- And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink.
- DARBY
- And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,
- BLB
- And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and they gave to him bread, and he ate, and they let him drink water.
- ÅB
- Så fant de en egyptisk mann som lå på marken, og de tok ham med seg til David. Og de gav ham mat, som han spiste, og lot ham få vann å drikke,
- OTB
- De kom over en egypter ute på marken og førte ham til David, ga ham brød å spise og vann å drikke.
- B1930
- Så fant de en egyptisk mann som lå på marken, og de tok ham med sig til David. Og de gav ham mat, som han åt, og lot ham få vann å drikke,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Read in contextRomans 12:20–21
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Read in contextMatthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 15:7–11
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
Read in contextProverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Read in contextLuke 10:36–37
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
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