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Hebrew Modern Translation

שמואל א 30:7

ויאמר דוד אל אביתר הכהן בן אחימלך הגישה נא לי האפד ויגש אביתר את האפד אל דוד׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abigail;   Amalekites;   Ephod;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ephod;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Revelation;   Urim and Thummim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephod, the;   High Priest, the;   Urim and Thummim;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Ziklag;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Amalekites;   David;   Ephod;   Urim and thummim;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Urim and Thummim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   High Priest;   Teraphim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   David;   Ephod;   High Priest;   Joash;   Oracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Abigail;   Ahinoam;   Ephod;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abiathar;   Esdraelon;   Priests and Levites;   Urim and Thummim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amalek, Amalekites ;   Ephod;   Ziklag ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abiathar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abi'athar;   Am'alekites,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abiathar;   Ahimelech;   Bring;   David;   Ephod (1);   God;   Images;   Priest, High;   Urim and Thummim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abiathar;   War;   Ziklag;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ויאמר דוד אל אביתר הכהן בן אחימלך הגישה נא לי האפוד ויגש אביתר את האפוד אל דוד
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד אֶל־אֶבְיָתָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ בֶּן־אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ הַגִּֽישָׁה־נָּ֥א לִ֖י הָאֵפֹ֑ד וַיַּגֵּ֧שׁ אֶבְיָתָ֛ר אֶת־הָאֵפֹ֖ד אֶל־דָּוִֽד ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־אֶבְיָתָר הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן־אֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַגִּֽישָׁה־נָּא לִי הָאֵפֹד וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֶבְיָתָר אֶת־הָאֵפֹד אֶל־דָּוִֽד ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abiathar: 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:21, 1 Samuel 23:2-9, 1 Kings 2:26, Mark 2:26

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:4 - ephod Exodus 28:30 - General Numbers 27:21 - he shall Deuteronomy 20:2 - General Joshua 9:14 - asked not 1 Samuel 14:37 - Shall I go 1 Samuel 23:9 - Bring 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 2 Samuel 5:19 - inquired Hosea 3:4 - ephod

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son,.... The son of Ahimelech, who was slain at Nob by the order of Saul, 1 Samuel 22:19; and Abiathar his son, who fled to David with the ephod, on the death of his father, 1 Samuel 22:20, was now high priest in his room; and who it seems was with David when he went with Achish, and returned with him; for had he been left at Ziklag, he and his ephod, in all probability, had been carried off by the Amalekites, unless we can suppose him under the protection of a special providence: it is much David had not inquired of the Lord by him about his going with Achish; perhaps the present disaster brought to mind that neglect, and made him the more diligent now:

I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod; not to put it on himself, but that the high priest might put it on, and inquire by it before him of the Lord:

and Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David; for the sake of David, that inquiry might be made before him of the Lord by Urim and Thummim.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Abiathar had continued to abide with David, ever since he joined him at Keilah 1 Samuel 23:6. On inquiry of the Lord by the ephod, see Judges 1:1 note. The answers were evidently given by the Word of the Lord in the mouth of the high priest (compare John 11:51).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 30:7. Bring me hither the ephod. — It seems as if David had put on the ephod, and inquired of the Lord for himself; but it is more likely that he caused Abiathar to do it.


 
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