1 Samuel 21:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came David to Nob to Ahimelecha the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? ”

• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Nob was a city of the priests, the high priest resided there, and the tabernacle was pitched there 1 Samuel 21:4 , 1 Samuel 21:6 , 1 Samuel 21:9 ; 1 Samuel 22:10 . It was situated on the road fr...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Then came David to (a) 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? (a) Where the ark then was to ask...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Samuel 21. David at Nob and Gath. 1 Samuel 21:1-9 (J). From one of the ancient documents; it is not clear which of the previous sections finds its sequel here. It is often connected with 1 Sa...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Ahimelech . So called here and in 1 Samuel 22:9 ; 1 Samuel 22:11 ; 1 Samuel 22:14 ; 1 Samuel 22:16 ; 1 Samuel 22:20 . See note on 1 Samuel 14:3 and Mark 2:26 , man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then 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? Then came David to Nob - There were tw...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then came David to Nob— Nob was in the tribe of Benjamin, about twelve miles from Gibeath, not far from Anathoth, Nehemiah 11:32 and Jerusalem, Isaiah 10:32 . It appears from the 19th verse, o...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then 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? Then came David ... to Ahimelech...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Nob ] see on 1 Samuel 17:54 . Alone ] He had no escort or retinue.

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then came David to Nob. — Before leaving his native land, David determined once more to see, and if practicable to take counsel with, the old high priest of Israel, with whom, no doubt, in the past...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXVIII. DAVID AT NOB AND AT GATH. 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . WE enter here on a somewhat painful part of David's history. He is not living so near to God as before; and in consequence his cour...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Food and Weapon: a Side Step 1 Samuel 21:1-15 David fled to Nob, at the north of the Mount of Olives, where Ahimelech presided over the relics of the ancient sanctuary. His suspicions were remo...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Under such trying stress, the land itself seemed too hot to hold David, and he takes refuge in flight. The story of his period of exile, with its varied experiences, follows. His movements during thi...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The troubles of David are prosecuted in history through this chapter. Being driven from home, and like one banished the land, he visits Nob; receives from Ahimelech, the priest, hallowed br...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then came David to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest ,.... The high priest, as Abarbinel rightly calls him; he was the brother of Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, who being dead he succeeded him; though some s...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then 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? Ver. 1. Then came David to Nob. ] N...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then came David to Nob A city of the priests in the tribe of Benjamin, about twelve miles from Gibeah, not far from Anathoth and Jerusalem, Nehemiah 11:32 ; Isaiah 10:32 . The tabernacle, it appe...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  David came down to Nob, which was a cause of alarm to Ahimelech the priest, who asks why he had no man with him. It would seem from the history here that he had no-one identified with him, yet there...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  David Obtains the Show-Bread; David Gets the Sword of Goliath. B. C. 1057.       1 Then came D...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 21 David cometh to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; pretendeth secret business from Saul; asketh bread: Ahimelech giveth him the shew-bread, 1 Samuel 21:1-6 . Doeg seeth this, 1 S...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  As A Refugee David Visits Ahimelech The Priest And Obtains Provisions And Weapons ( 1 Samuel 21:1-9 ). Recognising that he dare not return home to obtain food or weapons, the refugee David seeks...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 21:1 . The position of Nob cannot now be determined, only from Isaiah 10:28-33 , we gather that it was on the road northward between Jerusalem and Anathot...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Ahimelech called Ahiah, also Abiathar. ( 1 Samuel 14:3 ).

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Samuel 21:1 . Nob; fifteen miles west of Jerusalem, and on the road to Gath, where the wandering ark now rested. It was a little city of priests. After they were all murdered, by Saul, the ark w...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Then came David to Nob. Almost gone It is not easy to walk with God. I. The steps of David’s declension. The first sign of what was impending was his remark to Jonathan, that there was but a...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  DAVID 'S FLIGHT TO NOB , AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO THE PHILISTINES ( 1 Samuel 21:1-9 .). EXPOSITION DAVID 'S FLIGHT TO NOB ( 1 Samuel 21:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 21:1 Then came D...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Then came David to Nob, a city of priests between Gibeah and Jerusalem, on a hill in whose neighborhood the Tabernacle seems to have been located for some years, at least temporarily,4) to Ahimelech...

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 14:3 ; 1 Samuel 16:4 ; 1 Samuel 22:19 ; 1 Samuel 22:9-19 ; Isaiah 10:32 ; Mark 2:26 ; Nehemiah 11:32

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• 1 Samuel 21:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Nob — A city of priests, where the tabernacle now was. Hither David resorted, for a supply of his necessities, which he supposed he might receive here, without danger of being betrayed into Saul's...

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