1 Samuel 22 · Verse 10

1 Samuel 22:10

And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1 Samuel 22:10, King James Version

1 Samuel 22:10 in other translations

BSBAhimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
WEBHe inquired of the LORD for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
ASVAnd he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
YLTand he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.
DARBYAnd he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
BBEAnd he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
WebsterAnd he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

What does 1 Samuel 22:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. he inquired of the Lord for him--Some suppose that this was a malicious fiction of Doeg to curry favor with the king, but Ahimelech seems to acknowledge the fact. The poor simple-minded high priest knew nothing of the existing family feud between Saul and David. The informer, if he knew it, said nothing of the cunning artifice by which David obtained the aid of Ahimelech. The facts looked against him, and the whole priesthood along with him were declared abettors of conspiracy [1Sa 22:16, 17]. 1Sa 22:17-19. Saul Commands to Kill the Priests.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 And he inquired of the Lord for him - This circumstance is not related in history; but it is probably true, as David would most naturally wish to know where to direct his steps in this very important crisis.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 22:6-19

See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their…

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1 Samuel 22:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁאַל\־vai.yish.'al-and he enquiredH7592
לוֹ֙lofor <the> him
בַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehby YahwehH3068
וְצֵידָ֖הve.tzei.Dahand foodH6720
נָ֣תַןNa.tanhe gaveH5414
ל֑וֹloto <the> him
וְאֵ֗תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
חֶ֛רֶבChe.rev[the] sword ofH2719
גָּלְיָ֥תgal.YatGoliathH1555
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יha.pe.lish.Tithe PhilistineH6430
נָ֥תַןNa.tanhe gaveH5414
לֽוֹ\׃loto <the> him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 22:10

  • Numbers 27:21

    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

  • 1 Samuel 30:8

    And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

  • 1 Samuel 23:2

    Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

  • 1 Samuel 23:4

    Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

  • 1 Samuel 10:22

    Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

  • 1 Samuel 23:12

    Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.

  • 1 Samuel 22:13

    And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Samuel 21:6-9

    So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste. And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

  • 1 Samuel 22:15

    Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he enquired.
13,15; 23:2,4,12; 30:8; Nu 27:21
him victuals.
21:6-9

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 22:9

    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

  • 1 Samuel 22:10

    And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

  • 1 Samuel 22:11

    Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

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1 Samuel 22:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El cual consultó por él á Jehová, y dióle provisión, y también le dió la espada de Goliath el Filisteo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il a interrogé l’ Éternel pour lui, et il lui a donné des provisions, et il lui a donné l’épée de Goliath, le Philistin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er befragte Jehova für ihn und gab ihm Zehrung, und das Schwert Goliaths, des Philisters, gab er ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui consuluit pro eo Dominum, et cibaria dedit ei: sed et gladium Goliath Philisthæi dedit illi.