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2017 September 26

Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David (c. 1685)
Aert de Gelder (1645-1727)
Baroque Style
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art

SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]

     Explanation: 1 Samuel 21 records the escape of David from Saul. As David fled, he went to Ahimelech, the High Priest, for assistance. Ahimelech was fearful; but David told him that the king had given him a secret task; and he asked for provisions. Ahimelech gave him the shewbread, the hallowed bread which was put before the LORD, fresh daily (1-6).
     Doeg the Edomite, the chief herdsman or Saul's flocks, was there and observed what went on (7). David also asked for weapons. Ahimelech gave him the only weapon that was in the Tabernacle, the sword of Goliath (8-9).
     So David fled to Achish the king of Gath. But the king's servants realized who David was and identified him to the king. When David heard them say these things, he pretended to be a madman before the king; and the king told his servants to get him out of his house (10-15).
     [ Sermons: William W Goligher. William Still. Various. ]
     [ Illustration: Today's painting depicts a land like the land which Israel was about to inherit, a land of beauty and abundance, a land blessed by God. ]

RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: 1 Samuel 21:
     [1] 1 Samuel 22:19-20; 1 Samuel 14:3.
     [2] Mark 2:25-26.
     [4] Matthew 12:3.
     [5] Leviticus 24:9.
     [7] 1 Samuel 22:9; 2 Samuel 13:29; 2 Samuel 18:9; Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14.
     [9] Isaiah 9:5.
     [10] Psalm 131:1-2; Psalm 34.
     -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]

HARMONY OF THE LAW

John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB

GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)

HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES

Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Download - Scripture 4 All

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible

Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear

Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible

1 Samuel Detailed Outline

1 Samuel 21

Note: In the Hebrew Bible 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel are one book. Also, 1 Kings and 2 Kings are one book.
Samuel and Kings reveal Israel's history from Samuel to the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity.
1 and 2 Chronicles, originally one book, trace the history of God's people from creation to the end of the Babylonian Captivity.

1. Samuel's Reign as the Last of the Judges (1 Samuel 1:1 - 8:22) - 1100 - 1050 B.C. Israel

A. Samuel's Early Life (1 Samuel 1:1 - 3:21)

B. Samuel's Life From Youth to Old Age (1 Samuel 4:1 - 8:22)

1. Samuel & the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:1 - 7:14)

2. Samuel & the Israelites (1 Samuel 7:15 - 8:22)

2. Saul's Reign as the First God-Given King over All of Israel (1 Samuel 9:1 - 31:13) - 1050 - 1010 B.C. Israel

A. Saul and Samuel (1 Samuel 9:1 - 14:52)

B. Saul and David (1 Samuel 15:1 - 31:13)

Map | Time Line

     ¹ 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? ² And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. ³ Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. ⁴ And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. ⁵ And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth [but rather] women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. ⁶ 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.
     ⁷ 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.
     ⁸ And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither bought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. ⁹ 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.

¹⁰ And David arose, and fled that day for fear [from the face of] of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. ¹¹ And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? ¹² And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. ¹³ And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. ¹⁴ Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye bought him to me? ¹⁵ Have I need of mad men, that ye have bought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

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