CHAPTER EXPLORER
1 Samuel 21
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15 verses in KJV · 71 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 1 Samuel 21 (KJV)
21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?
21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place.
21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
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Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1062 BC
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