1 Samuel 30:7

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֗ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Abiathar	אֶבְיָתָ֤ר 'ev.ya.Tar	H54	Ebjathar · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵן֙ ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ahimelech’s	אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ 'a.chi.Me.lekh	H288	Achimelek · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
hither	הַגִּֽישָׁה ha.gi.shah-	H5066	to be or come (causatively · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he
ephod	הָאֵפֹ֑ד ha.'e.Fod	H646	a girdle · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Abiathar	אֶבְיָתָ֛ר 'ev.ya.Tar	H54	Ebjathar · proper noun, a man's name
brought	וַיַּגֵּ֧שׁ vai.ya.Gesh	H5066	to be or come (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ephod	הָאֵפֹ֖ד ha.'e.Fod	H646	a girdle · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
David	דָּוִֽד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 22:20-21 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
1 Kings 2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at thi…
1 Samuel 23:2-9 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philis…
Mark 2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again; so it was with David. Many were his troubles, but the Lord delivered him out of them all, and particularly out of this of which we have here an account. I. He enquired of the Lord both concerning his duty - Shall I pursue after this troop? and concerning the event - Shall I overtake them? Sa1 30:8. It was a great advantage to David that he had the high priest with him and the breast-plate of judgment, which, as a public person, he might consult in all his affairs, Num 27:21. We cannot think that he left Abiathar and the ephod at Ziklag,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:6

BUT DAVID, ENCOURAGED BY GOD, PURSUES THEM. (Sa1 30:6-15) David was greatly distressed--He had reason, not only on his own personal account (Sa1 30:5), but on account of the vehement outcry and insurrectionary threats against him for having left the place so defenseless that the families of his men fell an unresisting prey to the enemy. Under the pressure of so unexpected and widespread a calamity, of which he was upbraided as the indirect occasion, the spirit of any other leader guided by ordinary motives would have sunk; but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God--His faith supplied him with inward resources of comfort and energy, and through the seasonable inquiries he made by Ur…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:7

Bring me hither the ephod - It seems as if David had put on the ephod, and inquired of the Lord for himself; but it is more likely that he caused Abiathar to do it.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:7

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son,.... The son of Ahimelech, who was slain at Nob by the order of Saul, 1 Samuel 22:19; and Abiathar his son, who fled to David with the ephod, on the death of his father, 1 Samuel 22:20, was now high priest in his room; and who it seems was with David when he went with Achish, and returned with him; for had he been left at Ziklag, he and his ephod, in all probability, had been carried off by the Amalekites, unless we can suppose him under the protection of a special providence: it is much David had not inquired of the Lord by him about his going with Achish; perhaps the present disaster brought to mind that neglect, and made him the more…

The Church Fathers

And Abiathar applied the ephod to David, etc. Those things which His saints do by the inspiration of the Lord, He Himself is said to do according to the manner of the Scriptures, since He aids them to do it; just as it is also said of the Holy Spirit, who has power and operation together with the Father and the Son: For He intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be uttered, because He makes those whom He has filled to groan and to pray to the Lord for their salvation. Therefore David, having applied the priestly stole to himself, consults the Lord whether he ought to pursue the robbers; while the pastors of the Church, enlightened inwardly by the grace of their Creator, through the reading of the Holy Scripture, with which teachers must always be clothed in the ministry of the word, seek the counsel of the divine will as to how they should act towards erring ones. The Lord responds that the robbers must be pursued by David, and that the plunder should be recovered from them, just as in the same reading He has taught that heretics must be pursued by the teachers of the Church through debate, overcome by overpowering them, and the plunder should be recovered from them by calling back to the Church those souls previously seduced by their deceit.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

Abiathar — Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he…
Amalekites — a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness intervening between the southern hill-ranges of Palestine and the border of Egypt. (Numbers 13:29; 1…
High priest — Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore a peculiar dress, which on his death passed to his successor in office (Ex. 29:29, 30). Besides…
Robbery — Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen. 16:12), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15, 17), and the men of Shechem (Judg. 9:25. See also 1 Sam. 27:6-10; 30; Hos. 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea in our…
Teraphim — Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. In order to deceive the guards sent by Saul to seize David, Michal…
Abigail · .Taken — .Taken
Amalekites · General references — General references
Ephod · .Used as an oracle — .Used as an oracle
Ephod, The · For the high priest: Worn or held by him when consulted — For the high priest: Worn or held by him when consulted
High Priest, The · Duties of: Enquiring of God by Urim and Thummim — Duties of: Enquiring of God by Urim and Thummim
Urim And Thummin · Instances of consulting God by — Instances of consulting God by

1 Samuel 30:7

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Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:6

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:7

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:7

The Church Fathers

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1 Samuel 30:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 30:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 30:6

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 30:7

John Gill on 1 Samuel 30:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 30:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 30:7