1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

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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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Flight of David David first of all flees to Nob, where Ahimelech supplies him with food and gives him the sword of Goliath. He next takes refu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Better, 'Now, therefore, what is under thine hand? Five loaves? Give them into mine hand.'
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...
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...
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 var...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. David wanted bread: he felt the for...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore what is under thine hand ?.... Meaning, what food had he in his house? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand ; to take with...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand, or what there is present. Ver. 3. Or what there is present....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What is under thy hand? He desires to know what he was able to do for him to supply his wants. And particularly he requests some bread for himself...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Obtains the Show-Bread; David Gets the Sword of Goliath. B. C. 1057....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Under thine hand, to wit, in thy power, and ready for thee to give, and for me to take, and eat.
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 t...
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 o...
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...
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 impendin...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David at Nob
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now, therefore, what is under thine hand? David wanted anything in the line of food upon which the priest could quickly lay his hand. Give me five l...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 21:4 ; Isaiah 3:6 ; Judges 9:29

³ Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.b

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 21:3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 21:3