Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 21

41 catchwords132 parallels

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1 Samuel 21 . 1 , David at Nob obtains of Ahimelech hallowed bread; 1 Samuel 21 . 7 , Doeg is present; 1 Samuel 21 . 8 , David takes Goliath’s sword; 1 Samuel 21 . 10 , David at Gath feigns himself mad.

1 Samuel 21:1

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?”

1 Samuel 21:1 · BSB

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Nob appears to have been a sacerdotal city of Benjamin or Ephraim. Jerome says , that in his time the ruins of it might be seen not far from Diospolis or Lydda. But the Rabbins assert that Jerusalem might be seen from this town. The tabernacle resided some time at Nob; and after it was destroyed , it was removed to Gibeon; "and the day of Nob and Gibeon were fifty-seven years." Maimonides in Bethhabbechirah , c. 1

to Ahimelech3 parallels

afraid1 parallel

Reciprocal3 parallels

1 Samuel 21:2

“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.

1 Samuel 21:2 · BSB

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The whole of this is a gross falsehood; and which was attended with the most fatal consequences. It is well known that from all antiquity it was held no crime to tell a lie in order to save life. Thus Diphilon נןכבלגבםש פן רוץהבע וני ףשפחסיב כודןלוםןם , ןץהום נוסינןיויףטבי הץףקוסוע. "I hold it right to tell a lie for safety . nothing should be avoided to save life." A heathen may say or sing thus , but no Christian can act thus and save his soul , though he may save his life

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1 Samuel 21:3

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

1 Samuel 21:3 · BSB

under thine3 parallels

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present Heb. found

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."

1 Samuel 21:4 · BSB

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1 Samuel 21:5

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.”

1 Samuel 21:5 · BSB

the vessels6 parallels

in a manner1 parallel

though it were sanctified this day in the vessel1 parallel

or , especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel

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1 Samuel 21:6

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.

1 Samuel 21:6 · BSB

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hot bread1 parallel

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1 Samuel 21:7

Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

1 Samuel 21:7 · BSB

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1 Samuel 21:8

Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”

1 Samuel 21:8 · BSB

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1 Samuel 21:9

The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

1 Samuel 21:9 · BSB

The sword1 parallel

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1 Samuel 21:10

That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:10 · BSB

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Achish2 parallels

or , Abimelech

Gath3 parallels

Jerome says there was a large town called Gath , in the way from Eleutheropolis to Gaza; and Eusebius speaks of another Gath , five miles from Eleutheropolis , towards Lydda . and consequently different from that mentioned by Jerome and also of another Gath , between Jamnia and Antipatris. It appears to have been the extreme boundary of the Philistine territory in one direction , as Ekron was on the other

  • 1 Samuel 7:14
  • 1 Samuel 17:52 and lay near Mareshah . 2 Chronicles 11 . 8
  • Micah 1:14 which agrees pretty well with the position assigned it by Jerome. But Reland and Dr. Wells agree with Eusebius; and the authors of the Universal History . b. i. c. 7 place it about six miles form Jamnia , fourteen south of Joppa , and thirty-two west of Jerusalem

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1 Samuel 21:11

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 21:11 · BSB

the servants1 parallel

the king4 parallels

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1 Samuel 21:12

Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:12 · BSB

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1 Samuel 21:13

So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

1 Samuel 21:13 · BSB

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scrabbled or , made marks

1 Samuel 21:14

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

1 Samuel 21:14 · BSB

is mad1 parallel

or , playeth the madman

1 Samuel 21:15

Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

1 Samuel 21:15 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Mark 2:25-26 → 1 Samuel 21:1-6
Allusions 1 Samuel 21:4 → Deuteronomy 23:10-11, 1 Samuel 21:4 → Leviticus 10:10, 1 Samuel 21:4 → Leviticus 24:5, 1 Samuel 21:4 → Leviticus 24:5-9
Echoes 1 Samuel 21:4 → Leviticus 10:10-11
Trajectories
Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography), Table of Showbread (Christ the Bread of Life)
Chiasms
Shaped 1 Samuel 21:2–22:22
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