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1 Samuel 21:4

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 21:4

Verse 4 of 15

Scripture focus

And the priest answered David, and said, [There is] no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

1 Samuel 21:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 21:4

Theological / Devotional

Hallowed bread. The 12 cakes of shewbread were replaced every Sabbath by a new baking. According to the Levitical regulations the old bread was to be eaten only by the priests and only in the holy place (Leviticus 24:5-9).

David’s Wanderings When Fleeing From Saul — 1

Beset always by Saul’s jealousy, sometimes betrayed by those he aided, David was divinely protected and guided in cave, forest, and desert. Though he made serious blunders, his experience as a leader of a fugitive band gave him practical training for the throne he had been promised but never sought to usurp.

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