1 Samuel 10:4

1 Samuel 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
• New International Version (NIV)They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands.

Context of 1 Samuel 10:4

2When you leave me today, you will meet two men beside Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; they will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went to look for have been found. And your father has stopped caring about them and is worried about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’ 3Then you will go on further from there, and you will come to the terebinth tree of Tabor, and three men going up to [sacrifice to] God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine. They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hand. 5After that you will come to the hill of God where the garrison of the Philistines is; and when you come there to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place [of worship] with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, and they will be prophesying. 6Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, and you will prophesy with them, and you will be changed into another man.

1 Samuel 10:4 word by word

וְשָׁאֲל֥וּ לְךָ֖ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וְנָתְנ֤וּ לְךָ֙ שְׁתֵּי־לֶ֔חֶם וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ מִיָּדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they willשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• saluteשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: greetingH7965
• thee, and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• which thou shalt receiveלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• of their handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:4

• Judges 18:15So they turned in that direction and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And they will salute thee - לשלום לך ושאלו veshaalu lecha leshalom, "And they will inquire of thee concerning peace," i.e., welfare. In the East, if this salutation be given, then the person or persons giving it may be reckoned friends; if the others return it, then there is friendship on both sides. Salaam alicum, Peace to you! is the mode of compellation: Alicum essalaam, To you be peace! is the return. If you give the former and receive not the latter…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6These three "signs" were meant to convince a hesitant Saul (1 Samuel 9:21) that he was truly chosen to be king.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271Sa 10:1-27. Samuel Anoints Saul, and Confirms Him by the Prediction of Three Signs. 1. Then Samuel took a vial of oil--This was the ancient (Jud 9:8) ceremony of investiture with the royal office among the Hebrews and other Eastern nations. But there were two unctions to the kingly office; the one in private, by a prophet (1Sa 16:13), which was meant to be only a prophetic intimation of the person attaining that high dignity--the more public and formal…Read the comment

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• Adversity
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Vial
• Holy Spirit
• Judges, Period of
• King; Kingdom
• Samuel
• Samuel, Books of
• oak

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings