Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 21:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 21:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And David [01732] answered [06030] the priest [03548], and said [0559] unto him, Of a truth [0518] women [0802] have been kept [06113] from us about these three [08032] days [08543], since I came out [03318], and the vessels [03627] of the young men [05288] are holy [06944], and the bread is in a manner [01870] common [02455], yea, though it were sanctified [06942] this day [03117] in the vessel [03627]. |
| |
King James |
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
these three days--as required by law (Exo 19:15). David and his attendants seem to have been lurking in some of the adjoining caves, to elude pursuit, and to have been, consequently, reduced to great extremities of hunger.
the bread is in a manner common--that is, now that it is no longer standing on the Lord's table. It is eaten by the priests, and may also, in our circumstances, be eaten by us.
yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel--that is, though the hallowed bread had been but newly placed on the vessel, the ritual ordinance would have to yield to the great law of necessity and mercy (see on Mat 12:3; also see Mar 2:25; Luk 6:3). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The vessels of the young men ... - i. e., their clothes Deu 22:5 or wallets (marginal reference), or other articles which might be Levitically unclean and need cleansing (Lev 13:58; Exo 19:10, etc.; Mar 7:4), as well as the person.
And the bread ... - The meaning is; "Though it is treating it like common bread to give it to me and my young men, there is fresh showbread baked and put on the table in place of what you give us;" the day being Friday. as is indicated in the verse following. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Three days - As long as the law required, Exo 19:15. And so long David, and his men hid, it seems, hid themselves for fear of Saul, whereby they were kept both from women: and from food convenient for them. Vessels - That is, Either, Their garments, or other utensils for their journey. Or their bodies. The bread - Heb. and this bread; is in a manner common: that is, considering the time, and our necessity, this maybe used in a manner, like common bread. For though for a season while it is to stand before the Lord, it be so holy, that the priest himself might not eat it; yet afterwards it is eaten by the priest, and his whole family, and so it may be by us, in our circumstances. Tho' it were - But newly put into the vessel, it must give place to the great law of necessity, and charity; because God will have mercy preferred before sacrifice. |
3 And [2532] Jesus [2424] answering [611] them [4314] [846] said [2036], Have ye [314] not [3761] read [314] so much as [3761] this [5124], what [3739] David [1138] did [4160], when [3698] himself [846] was an hungred [3983], and [2532] they which [3588] were [5607] with [3326] him [846];
25 And [2532] he [846] said [3004] unto them [846], Have ye never [3763] read [314] what [5101] David [1138] did [4160], when [3753] he had [2192] need [5532], and [2532] was an hungred [3983], he [846], and [2532] they that were with [3326] him [846]?
3 But [1161] he said [2036] unto them [846], Have ye [314] not [3756] read [314] what [5101] David [1138] did [4160], when [3753] he [846] was an hungred [3983], and [2532] they [3326] that were with him [846];
15 And he said [0559] unto the people [05971], Be [01961] ready [03559] against the third [07969] day [03117]: come [05066] not at your wives [0802].
4 And [2532] when they come from [575] the market [58], except [3362] they wash [907], they eat [2068] not [3756]. And [2532] many [4183] other things [243] there be [2076], which [3739] they have received [3880] to hold [2902], as the washing [909] of cups [4221], and [2532] pots [3582], [2532] brasen vessels [5473], and [2532] of tables [2825].
10 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Go [03212] unto the people [05971], and sanctify [06942] them to day [03117] and to morrow [04279], and let them wash [03526] their clothes [08071],
58 And the garment [0899], either warp [08359], or woof [06154], or whatsoever thing [03627] of skin [05785] it be, which thou shalt wash [03526], if the plague [05061] be departed [05493] from them, then it shall be washed [03526] the second [08145] time, and shall be clean [02891].
5 The woman [0802] shall not wear that which pertaineth [03627] unto a man [01397], neither shall a man [01397] put [03847] on a woman's [0802] garment [08071]: for all that do [06213] so [0428] are abomination [08441] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].
15 And he said [0559] unto the people [05971], Be [01961] ready [03559] against the third [07969] day [03117]: come [05066] not at your wives [0802].