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1 Samuel 21:2 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 21 · verse 2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.1 Samuel 21:2 · King James Version
1 Samuel 21:2 in context
1Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
2And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
3Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AhimelechʼĂchîymelekAchimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a HittiteH288 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- businessdâbâra wordH1697 →
- servantsnaʻara boy , from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
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Here, I. David, in distress, flies in the tabernacle of God, now pitched at Nob, supposed to be a city in the tribe of Benjamin. Since Shiloh was forsaken, the tabernacle was often removed, though the ark still remained at Kirjath-jearim.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9