1 Samuel 21 Cross References - ISV

¹ David Flees to NobDavid came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech was trembling as he came to meet David. Ahimelech told him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”
² David told Ahimelech the priest, “The king commanded me about a matter, saying to me, ‘Don’t let anyone know anything about the matter I’m sending you to do and about which I’ve commanded you. I’ve directed the young men to a certain place.’ ³ Now, what do you have available? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you have.”
⁴ The priest answered David: “There is no ordinary bread available; only consecrated bread, provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
⁵ David answered the priest, saying to him, “Indeed, women were kept from us as is usual whenever I go out on a mission, and the equipment of the young men is consecrated even when it’s an ordinary journey, so how much more is their equipment consecrated today?” ⁶ So the priest gave him consecrated bread because no bread was there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the LORD’s presence and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
⁷ Now, Doeg the Edomite, one of Saul’s officials, was there that day, detained in the LORD’s presence. He was the chief of Saul’s shepherds.
⁸ David Takes Goliath’s SwordDavid told Ahimelech, “Is there no spear or sword available here? I took neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission is urgent.”
⁹ The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah is wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it because there is no other except it here.”
So David said, “There is none like it. Give it to me.”
¹⁰ David Flees to GathDavid got up that day and fled from Saul, and he went to King Achish of Gath. ¹¹ The officials of Achish told him, “Isn’t this David, king of the land? Isn’t this the one about whom they sang as they danced, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands’?”
¹² David took these words seriously, and he was very frightened of King Achish of Gath. ¹³ So David changed his behavior before them and acted like he was crazy in their presence. He scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down his beard. ¹⁴ Achish told his officials, “Look, you see a person acting like a madman. Why’d you bring him to me? ¹⁵ Am I lacking madmen that you bring me this one to act like a madman around me? Shall this one come into my house?”

³ Along with him were Ahitub’s son Ahijah, Ichabod’s brother, who was Phineas’ son and a grandson of Eli the priest of the LORD at Shiloh, who was carrying the ephod. The people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

⁴ Samuel did what the LORD said and went to Bethlehem. The elders of the town came out to meet him trembling, and said, “May your coming be in peace.”

⁹ Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants answered: “I saw Jesse’s son coming to Nob to Ahitub’s son Ahimelech. ¹⁰ Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
¹¹ Saul Orders the Execution of the PriestsThe king sent for Ahitub’s son Ahimelech the priest and for all his father’s family who were priests at Nob. All of them came to the king. ¹² Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub!”
And he said, “Here I am, your majesty.”
¹³ Then Saul asked him, “Why have you conspired against me—you and Jesse’s son—by giving him food and a sword, and by inquiring of God for him, so he can rise up against me to lie in wait, as he’s doing today?”
¹⁴ Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your officials is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard, and he’s honored in your household. ¹⁵ Is today the first time I inquired of God for him? Absolutely not! The king shouldn’t accuse his servant, or any of my father’s family of anything, because your servant didn’t know anything at all about this.”
¹⁶ The king said, “Ahimelech, you will surely die, you and all your father’s family!” ¹⁷ The king told the guards, who were standing beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD because they supported David, and because they knew he was fleeing, but didn’t inform me.” But the officials of the king did not want to lift their hands to attack the priests of the LORD.
¹⁸ Then the king told Doeg, “You turn and attack the priests.” Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who carry the linen ephod. ¹⁹ He attacked the priestly town of Nob with the sword. Men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys and sheep were put to the sword.

³² Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³² This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fists at the mountain that is the Daughter of Zion, at Jerusalem’s hill.

²⁶ How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”

²⁰ “How did you get it so quickly, my son?” Isaac asked.
Jacob responded, “…because the LORD your God made me successful.”

²⁴ He asked, “Are you really my son Esau?”
“I am,” Jacob replied.

¹⁷ Then Saul told Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this and let my enemy go so he could escape?”
Michal told Saul, “He told me, ‘Let me go or I’ll kill you!’”

²² David told Abiathar, “I knew on that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I’m responsible for the deaths of your father’s whole family.

¹⁸ “I’m a prophet like you,” the old man replied, “and an angel spoke to me and delivered this message from the LORD: ‘Bring him back with you to your house and give him food and water.’” But he was lying,

²⁹ Remove false paths from me; and graciously give me your instruction.

¹² Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

⁹ Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices

²⁹ If only authority over this people were given to me. Then I would remove Abimelech!” Then he challenged Abimelech: “Build up your army and then come out and fight!”

⁴ The priest answered David: “There is no ordinary bread available; only consecrated bread, provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

⁶ “For a man will grab his brother in his own father’s house, and say, ‘You have a cloak, so you be our leader, and this heap of ruins will be under your rule!’

¹⁵ He told the people, “Be ready for the third day; don’t go near a woman.”

³⁰ You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously.”

⁵ Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake. ⁶ Arrange them in two rows—six in each row—on a ceremonially pure table in the LORD’s presence. ⁷ Put pure frankincense on each row for a memorial offering. It will serve as an offering made by fire to the LORD. ⁸ They are to be arranged every Sabbath day in the LORD’s presence as a gift from the Israelis—an eternal covenant. ⁹ This gift will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a sacred place, because it’s the most holy thing for him of all the offerings made by fire to the LORD. This is to be an eternal ordinance.”

⁶ So the priest gave him consecrated bread because no bread was there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the LORD’s presence and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.

³ and to speak to the priests assigned to the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies along with the prophets, asking, “Am I to go about mourning, denying myself throughout the fifth month, as I have these many years?”

³ But he told them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ⁴ How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved for the priests?

⁵ Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

²⁶ From the basket of unleavened bread that is in the LORD’S presence he took one piece of unleavened bread, one cake spread with olive oil, and one wafer, which he placed over the fat and the right thigh.

⁹ This gift will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a sacred place, because it’s the most holy thing for him of all the offerings made by fire to the LORD. This is to be an eternal ordinance.”

¹⁵ But the Lord told him, “Go, because he’s my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

³ For it is God’s will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality. ⁴ Each of you must know how to control his own body in a holy and honorable manner,

²⁰ In a large house there are not only utensils made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some are for special use, while others are for ordinary use. ²¹ Therefore, if anyone stops associating with these people, he will become a special utensil, set apart for the owner’s use, prepared for every good action.

¹⁷ After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

²⁵ He asked them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? ²⁶ How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?”
²⁷ Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

³ Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions became hungry? ⁴ How was it that he went into the house of God, took the Bread of the Presence and ate it, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and then gave some of it to his companions?”

⁷ There was strife between the herdsmen in charge of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen in charge of Lot’s livestock. Also, at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.
⁸ So Abram told Lot, “Please, let’s not have strife between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

²⁰ But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen. “The water is ours,” they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it.

⁵ Just then Saul was coming in from the field behind the oxen and he said, “What’s with the people? Why are they crying?” They reported to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

⁴⁷ Saul’s Military VictoriesWhen Saul became king over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Everywhere he turned he was victorious.

⁹ Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants answered: “I saw Jesse’s son coming to Nob to Ahitub’s son Ahimelech.

²⁹ Shitrai the Sharonite supervised the herds that were pastured in Sharon. Adlai’s son Shaphat supervised the herds in the valleys.

¹⁰ He also built watchtowers in the wilderness and had many cisterns hewed out, since he also possessed large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the midland plains. He had many farmers and vinedressers throughout the hills and fertile lands because he loved farming.

¹ To the Director: A Davidic instruction about Doeg, the Edomite, when he went to Saul and told him, “David went to the house of Abimelech.”
A Rebuke to the Deceitful Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God’s gracious love never ceases. ² Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery. ³ You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking uprightly. Interlude ⁴ You love all words that destroy, you deceitful tongue! ⁵ But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude ⁶ The righteous will fear when they see this, but then they will laugh at him, saying, ⁷ “Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength. ⁸ But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever. ⁹ Therefore I will praise you forever because of what you did; I will proclaim that your name is good in the midst of your faithful ones.

⁹ Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear by false gods, burn incense to Baal, follow other gods that you don’t know, ¹⁰ and then come to stand before me in this house that is called by my name and say, ‘We’re delivered’ so we can continue to do all these things that are repugnant to God? ¹¹ Has this house that is called by my name become a hideout for bandits in your eyes? Look, I’m watching,” declares the LORD.

³¹ Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words—and then they don’t do what you say— because they’re seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.

⁵ and who are saying, ‘When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat?— shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery,

⁸ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

²⁶ Paul is Arrested in the TempleThen Paul took those men and the next day purified himself with them. Then he went into the Temple to announce the time when their days of purification would end and when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them. ²⁷ When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,

⁶ The Ephod“They are to make the ephod from gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, all of it skillfully worked. ⁷ It is to have two shoulder-pieces attached to its two edges so it can be joined together. ⁸ The skillfully woven band that is on it is to be made like it, that is, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen. ⁹ You are to take two onyx stones and engrave the names of the sons of Israel on them, ¹⁰ six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the other stone. Engrave them according to their order of birth. ¹¹ With work like a jeweler engraves on a signet, you are to inscribe the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel, and you are to mount them in settings of gold filigree. ¹² You are to put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of remembrance representing the sons of Israel, and Aaron is to carry their names into the LORD’s presence on his two shoulders as a memorial. ¹³ You are to make settings of gold filigree, ¹⁴ and you are to make two chains of pure gold twisted like cords, and then fasten the twisted chains to the filigree settings.”

² Saul and the Israelis assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they set up their forces to meet the Philistines.

⁵⁰ David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone; he struck down the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand. ⁵¹ David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, killed him, and then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. ⁵² The men of Israel and Judah got up with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. Wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron. ⁵³ The Israelis returned from pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camp. ⁵⁴ David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.

¹⁰ They put Saul’s weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan.

¹ David Escapes to Philistine TerritoryDavid told himself, “One of these days I’ll perish by Saul’s hand. There is nothing better for me to do than to escape to Philistine territory. Saul will give up searching for me anymore within the borders of Israel, so I’ll escape from him.” ² So David got up, and he and the 600 men who were with him went to Maoch’s son Achish, the king of Gath.

³ Elijah was terrified, so he got up and ran for his life to Beer-sheba, which is part of Judah, and left his servant there

¹ By David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away. So David left.
Learning about God’s Deliverance I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise will be in my mouth continuously. ² My soul will glorify the LORD; the humble will hear about it and rejoice. ³ Magnify the LORD with me! Let us lift up his name together! ⁴ I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all of my fears. ⁵ Look to him and be radiant; and you will not be ashamed. ⁶ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered him from all of his distress. ⁷ The angel of the LORD surrounds those who fear him, and he delivers them. ⁸ Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the person who trusts in him! ⁹ Fear the LORD, you holy ones of his; for those who fear him lack nothing. ¹⁰ Young lions lack and go hungry, but those who seek the LORD will never lack any good thing. ¹¹ Come, children, listen to me, and I will teach you the fear of the LORD. ¹² Who among you desires life, and wants long life in order to see good? ¹³ Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies. ¹⁴ Avoid evil and do good! Seek peace and pursue it! ¹⁵ The LORD looks on the righteous, and he listens to their cries. ¹⁶ The face of the LORD is set against those who do evil, and he will remove people’s recollection of them from the earth. ¹⁷ The LORD hears those who cry out, and he delivers them from all their distress. ¹⁸ The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and he delivers those whose spirit has been crushed. ¹⁹ A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all. ²⁰ God protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken. ²¹ Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty. ²² The LORD redeems the lives of his servants; and none of those who trust in him will be held guilty.

²¹ King Jehoiakim, all his troops, and all the officials heard his words, and the king sought to kill him. Uriah heard about this and was afraid, so he fled and went to Egypt.

¹ David Anointed to Succeed SaulThe LORD told Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I’ve rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I’m sending you to Jesse from Bethlehem because I’ve chosen for myself one of his sons as king.”

⁷ As the women sang and played, they said, “Saul has struck down his thousands but David his ten thousands.”
⁸ Saul was very angry and he did not like what the women sang. He told himself, “They have attributed tens of thousands to David, but to me they have attributed thousands. What else can he have but the kingdom?”

⁵ Isn’t this the same David about whom the maidens sang when they were dancing, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands’?”

¹ To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of “A Silent Dove Far Away,” when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
A Prayer about Trust in God Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long. ² Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit. ³ On days when I am afraid, I put my trust in you. ⁴ In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me. ⁵ All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes. ⁶ They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life. ⁷ Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people! ⁸ You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle— have not you recorded them in your book? ⁹ My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me. ¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, ¹¹ in God I will put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me. ¹² God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you. ¹³ For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living!

¹¹ When he was about to enter Egypt, he told his wife Sarai, “Look, I’m aware that you’re a beautiful woman. ¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ Then they’ll kill me, but allow you to live. ¹³ Please say that you are my sister, so things will go well for me for your sake. That way, you’ll be saving my life.”

⁷ Isaac Lies about His WifeLater on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, “She’s my sister,” because he was afraid to call her “my wife.” He kept thinking, “…otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she’s very beautiful.”

¹⁰ David Flees to GathDavid got up that day and fled from Saul, and he went to King Achish of Gath.

⁴ I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all of my fears.

³ On days when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

¹¹ I have stored what you have said in my heart, so I won’t sin against you.

¹⁹ However, Mary continued to treasure all these things in her heart and to ponder them.

⁵¹ Then he went back with them, returning to Nazareth and remaining in submission to them. His mother continued to treasure all these things in her heart.

²⁵ Fearing any human being is a trap, but confiding in the LORD keeps anyone safe.

⁷ Avoiding the Evils of LifeUnjust gain makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.