1 Samuel 30 · Verse 7

1 Samuel 30:7

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
1 Samuel 30:7, King James Version

1 Samuel 30:7 in other translations

BSBThen David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
WEBDavid said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
ASVAnd David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
YLTAnd David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, ‘Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;' and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,
DARBYAnd David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Bring near to me, I pray thee, the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.
BBEAnd David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.
WebsterAnd David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

What does 1 Samuel 30:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Bring me hither the ephod - It seems as if David had put on the ephod, and inquired of the Lord for himself; but it is more likely that he caused Abiathar to do it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 30:7-15
If in all our ways, even when, as in this case, there can be no doubt they are just, we acknowledge God, we may expect that he will direct our steps, as he did those of David. David, in tenderness to his men, would by no means urge them beyond their strength. The Son of David thus considers the frames of his followers, who are not all alike strong and vigorous in their spiritual pursuits and conflicts; but, where we are weak, there he is kind; nay more, there he is strong, 2Co 12:9, 10. A poor Egyptian lad, scarcely alive, is made the means of a great deal of good to David. Justly did Providence make this poor servant, who was basely used by his master, an instrument in the destruction of the Amalekites; for God hears the cry of the oppressed. Those are unworthy the name of true Israelites, who shut up their compassion from persons in distress. We should neither do an injury nor deny a kindness to any man; some time or other it may be in the power of the lowest to return a kindness or an injury.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 30:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
דָּוִ֗דda.VidDavidH1732
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֶבְיָתָ֤ר'ev.ya.TarAbiatharH54
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ'a.chi.Me.lekhAhimelechH288
הַגִּֽישָׁה\־ha.gi.shah-bring near !H5066
נָּ֥אna'pleaseH4994
לִ֖יlito <the> me
הָאֵפֹ֑דha.'e.Fodthe ephodH646
וַיַּגֵּ֧שׁvai.ya.Geshand he brought nearH5066
אֶבְיָתָ֛ר'ev.ya.TarAbiatharH54
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאֵפֹ֖דha.'e.Fodthe ephodH646
אֶל\־'el-toH413
דָּוִֽד\׃da.VidDavidH1732

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 30:7

  • 1 Kings 2:26

    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

  • 1 Samuel 22:20-21

    And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord’s priests.

  • 1 Samuel 23:2-9

    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. And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 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. So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. …

  • Mark 2:26

    How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Abiathar.
22:20,21; 23:2-9; 1Ki 2:26; Mr 2:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 30:6

    And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

  • 1 Samuel 30:7

    And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

  • 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.

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1 Samuel 30:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo David al sacerdote Abiathar hijo de Ahimelech: Yo te ruego que me acerques el ephod. Y Abiathar acercó el ephod á David.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David dit à Abiathar, le sacrificateur, fils d’Akhimélec: Je te prie, apporte-moi l’éphod. Et Abiathar apporta l’éphod à David.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David sprach zu Abjathar, dem Priester, dem Sohne Ahimelechs: Bringe mir doch das Ephod her! Und Abjathar brachte das Ephod zu David.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ait ad Abiathar sacerdotem filium Achimelech: Applica ad me ephod. Et applicavit Abiathar ephod ad David.