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.
• 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.
• 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 leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?” ’ 3“Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them. 5“After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying. 6The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.

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 there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him.

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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 10:4

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In the dictionaries

• 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