And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
Ver. 10. And he inquired of the Lord for him.] Herein, saith Lyra, some think he lied; and indeed he did, though he did not in 1 Samuel 22:15. See Trapp on " 1Sa 22:9 " The truth is, God owed a revenge to the house of Eli, and now, by the delation of Doeg, taketh occasion to pay it. But they are very slight arguments that are here brought against the high priest to prove him guilty of treason; not much unlike those brought against the Lady Elizabeth in her sister Queen Mary's days.