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1 Samuel 21:1

“David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?””

1 Samuel 21:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Theme · Matthew 12:3-4

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Jesus recalls the episode of 1 Samuel 21:1-6: the priest gave David the bread of the presence.

The same term appears in both passages.

  • לֶחֶםlejemH3899ἄρτουςartousG740“bread, food”
  • כֹּהֵןkohenH3548ἱερεῦσινhiereusinG2409“priest”

Theme · Mark 2:25-26

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Jesus recalls the episode of 1 Samuel 21:1-6: the priest gave David the bread of the presence. Mark says “in the time of Abiathar the high priest”; 1 Samuel 21:1 names the priest Ahimelech, father of Abiathar (22:20).

The same term appears in both passages.

  • לֶחֶםlejemH3899ἄρτουςartousG740“bread, food”
  • כֹּהֵןkohenH3548ἱερεῖςhiereisG2409“priest”

Theme · Luke 6:3-4

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Jesus recalls the episode of 1 Samuel 21:1-6: the priest gave David the bread of the presence.

The same term appears in both passages.

  • לֶחֶםlejemH3899ἄρτουςartousG740“bread, food”
  • כֹּהֵןkohenH3548ἱερεῖςhiereisG2409“priest”

1 Samuel 21:1, word by word

Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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cameיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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to Nobנֹבֶnove

Nob

Nob: a city of priests near Jerusalem, where the sanctuary was in the time of Saul.

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Ahimelechאֲחִימֶלֶךְachimelech

Ahimelech

Ahimelech: the name of several men; best known is the priest of Nob who gave David bread and Goliath's sword and was killed by Saul's order (1 Samuel 21-22); also a Hittite companion of David (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my brother is king".

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the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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came tremblingיֶּחֱרַדyecherad

tremble

To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.

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to meetקְרַאתkerat

meet

To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.

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and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Whyמַדּוּעַmadua

why?

Why? For what reason?

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aloneבַדֶּvade

alone

One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.

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and no oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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Translation note

In the Hebrew numbering this verse is 21:2 (see the note on 20:42); the whole chapter runs one verse behind the Hebrew.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter on which I am sending you and which I have commanded you.’ And the young men I have directed to such and such a place.

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