English Standard Version
1 Samuel 10:4
4And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will greet you and offer you two of the loaves, which you are to accept.
Context of 1 Samuel 10:4
2When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"' 3Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. 5After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. 6Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
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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
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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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
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