1 Samuel 10:3

1 Samuel 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
• New International Version (NIV)“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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“When you get to the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming toward you who are on their way to worship God at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another will have three loaves of bread, and the third will be carrying a wineskin full of wine.

Context of 1 Samuel 10:3

1Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: “Is it not because the Lord has anointed you commander over His inheritance? 2When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’ Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 4And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hands. 5After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 10:3 word by word

וְחָלַפְתָּ֨ מִשָּׁ֜ם וָהָ֗לְאָה וּבָ֙אתָ֙ עַד־אֵל֣וֹן תָּב֔וֹר וּמְצָא֤וּךָ שָּׁם֙ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל אֶחָ֞ד נֹשֵׂ֣א׀ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה גְדָיִ֗ים וְאֶחָד֙ נֹשֵׂ֗א שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ כִּכְּר֣וֹת לֶ֔חֶם וְאֶחָ֥ד נֹשֵׂ֖א נֵֽבֶל־יָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then shalt thou go onחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• forwardהָֽ֫לְאָהhâle'âh · furtherH1973
• from thence, and thou shalt comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the plainאֵלוֹן'êlôn · terebinthH436
• of Taborתָּבוֹרtâbôr · TaborH8396
• and there shall meetמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• thee threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• going upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• to Beth–elבֵּֽיתְ־אֵלbêyth-'êl · BethelH1008
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• carryingנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• kidsגְּדִיgedîy · kidH1423
• loavesכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603
• of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• a bottleנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · bagH5035
• of wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 10:3

• Joshua 19:12Then from Sarid it went eastward toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out toward Daberath, bypassing Japhia.
• Judges 4:6Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;
• Judges 8:18And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” So they answered, “As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a king.”
• Psalms 89:12The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
• Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
• Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
• Leviticus 1:10‘If his offering is of the flocks—of the sheep or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish.
• Leviticus 3:6‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
• Leviticus 7:13Besides the cakes, as his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering.
• Leviticus 23:13Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin.
• Numbers 15:5and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or the sacrifice, for each lamb.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 10:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Three men going up to God to Bethel - Jacob's altar was probably there still, Genesis 28:19. However this might be, it was still considered, as its name implies, the house of God; and to it they were now going, to offer sacrifice. The three kids were for sacrifice; the three loaves of bread to be offered probably as a thank-offering; and the bottle or skin full of wine, for a libation. When the blood was poured out before the Lord, then they feasted on…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The plain of Tabor - It should be “the oak or terebinth”” of Tabor” (Judges 4:11 note). It has been ingeniously conjectured that “Tabor” is either a different form of “Deborah,” or a corruption of it, and that the “oak,” or “terebinth of Tabor,” is the same as “Allon-bachuth,” the oak under which Deborah was buried, and which lay “beneath Bethel” Genesis 35:8. The terebinth, where the three men came upon Saul, must have been at some point previous to that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Oak of Tabor: This place is in Benjamin and should not be mixed up with the village named Tabor in Zebulun (1 Chronicles 6:77). Bethel: See study note on 1 Samuel 7:16.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the plain--or, "the oak of Tabor," not the celebrated mount, for that was far distant. three men going up to God to Beth-el--apparently to offer sacrifices there at a time when the ark and the tabernacle were not in a settled abode, and God had not yet declared the permanent place which He should choose. The kids were for sacrifice, the loaves for the offering, and the wine for the libations.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 10:3

• Bread
• Symbols and Similitudes
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In the dictionaries

• God
• Adversity
• Flagon
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Tabor
• Vial
• Bethel
• Forward; Forwardness
• Holy Spirit

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