1 Samuel 21 Cross References - MLV

¹ Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, Why are you alone and no man with you? ² And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you and what I have commanded you and I have assigned the young men to such and such a place. ³ Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
⁴ And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread. If only the young men have kept themselves from women. ⁵ And David answered the priest and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days. When I came out the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey. How much more then today will their vessels be holy?
⁶ So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that was taken from before Jehovah to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
⁷ Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the foremost of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
⁸ And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. ⁹ And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is no other except that here. And David said, There is none like that. Give it to me.
¹⁰ And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. ¹¹ And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands? ¹² And David laid up these words in his heart and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
¹³ And he changed his behavior before them and pretend to be mad in their hands and scrabbled on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. ¹⁴ Then Achish said to his servants, Behold, you* see the man is mad. Why then have you* brought him to me? ¹⁵ Do I lack madmen, that you* have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?

³ and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

⁴ And Samuel did what Jehovah spoke and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, Do you come peaceably?

⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. ¹⁰ And he inquired of Jehovah for him and gave him food and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. ¹¹ Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob. And they came to the king, all of them.
¹² And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. ¹³ And Saul said to him, Why have you* conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me to lie in wait as at this day?
¹⁴ Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law and is taken into your council and is honorable in your house? ¹⁵ Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me. Do not let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father, for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
¹⁶ And the king said, You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house. ¹⁷ And the king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn and kill the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
¹⁸ And the king said to Doeg, Turn and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and he fell upon the priests and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod. ¹⁹ And Nob, the city of the priests, he killed* with the edge of the sword, both men and women, sons and nursing-babes and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

³² at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³² This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

²⁶ How he entered into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high-priest and ate the showbread, which is not legal to eat, except for the priests, and he also gave it to those who were together with him?

²⁰ And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah your God brought it before me.

²⁴ And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

¹⁷ And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go. Why should I kill you?

²² And David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father's house.

¹⁸ And he said to him, I also am a prophet as you are. And a messenger spoke to me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.

²⁹ Remove from me the way of falsehood and grant me your law graciously.

¹² For he was eating together with the Gentiles before some came from James. But when they came, he was retreating back and separating himself, fearing those who were from the circumcision.

⁹ Do not lie to one another; since you have stripped off the old man together with his practices,

²⁹ And would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army and come out.

⁴ And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread. If only the young men have kept themselves from women.

⁶ When a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be our ruler and let this ruin be under your hand,

¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not come near a woman.

³⁰ And you will set upon the table showbread before me always.

⁵ And you will take fine flour and bake twelve cakes of it. Two tenth parts of an ephah will be in one cake. ⁶ And you will set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah. ⁷ And you will put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Jehovah. ⁸ Every Sabbath day he will set it in order before Jehovah continually. It is an everlasting covenant from the sons of Israel. ⁹ And it will be for Aaron and his sons. And they will eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by an everlasting statute.

⁶ So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that was taken from before Jehovah to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

³ and to speak to the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

³ But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he himself was hungry and those with him; ⁴ how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not legal for him to eat, nor those with him, unlawful except for the priests only?

⁵ Do not deprive one another, except from agreement for some time, in order that you may occupy yourselves to fasting and to prayer, and you may come to the same again, in order that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your shortage of self-control.

²⁶ and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Jehovah, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of oiled bread and one wafer and placed them on the fat and upon the right thigh.

⁹ And it will be for Aaron and his sons. And they will eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by an everlasting statute.

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, Travel on, because this one is a chosen vessel for me to bear my name in the sight of the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

³ For this is the will of God, your holiness, for you to abstain from fornication; ⁴ for each of you to know how to procure his own vessel in holiness and honor,

²⁰ Now vessels are not only golden and silver in a great house, but also wooden and clay, and indeed the things to honor and the things to dishonor. ²¹ Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, having been made holy and is useful to the master, having been prepared for every good work.

¹⁷ For it is better to suffer doing good than for doing evil, (if the will of God wills it).

²⁵ And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry? He, and those who were with him? ²⁶ How he entered into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high-priest and ate the showbread, which is not legal to eat, except for the priests, and he also gave it to those who were together with him? ²⁷ And he said to them, The Sabbath came to be because of man and not man because of the Sabbath;

³ And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he and those who were with him? ⁴ How he entered into the house of God and took and ate the showbread, and also gave it to those who were with him; which it is not legal to eat, except for the priests only?

⁷ And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt in the land then.
⁸ And Abram said to Lot, I beseech you, let there be no strife between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, in that we are men– brothers.

²⁰ And the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

⁵ And behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field and Saul said, What troubles the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

⁴⁷ Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab and against the sons of Ammon and against Edom and against the kings of Zobah and against the Philistines. And wherever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.

⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

²⁹ And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon. And Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds that were in the valleys.

¹⁰ And he built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle, also in the lowland and in the plain. And he had farmer and vine-dressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved husbandry.

¹ Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God is continual. ² Your tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
³ You love evil more than good and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. ⁴ You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.
⁵ God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up and pluck you out of your tent and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
⁶ The righteous also will see and fear and will laugh at him, saying, ⁷ Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
⁸ But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving kindness of God everlasting and forever. ⁹ I will give you thanks everlasting, because you have done it. And I will hope in your name in the presence of your holy ones, because it is good.

⁹ Will you* steal, murder and commit adultery and swear falsely and burn incense to Baal and walk after other gods that you* have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name and say, We are delivered, that you* may do all these abominations?
¹¹ Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your* eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Jehovah.

³¹ And they come to you as the people come and they sit before you as my people. And they hear your words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

⁵ saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,

⁸ ‘These people are drawing near to me with their mouth, and are honoring me with their lips, but their heart is faraway from me.

²⁶ Then Paul took the men and in the next day, they were going into the temple having been purified together with them, thus thoroughly proclaiming the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered on behalf of each one of them.
²⁷ Now as the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, were inciting all the crowd and put hands upon him,

⁶ And they will make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple, scarlet and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman. ⁷ It will have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together. ⁸ And the skillfully woven band, which is upon it, with which to gird it on, will be like the work of it and of the same piece, of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen.
⁹ And you will take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: ¹⁰ six of their names on the one stone and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. ¹¹ With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you will engrave the two stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel. You will make them to be enclosed in settings of gold. ¹² And you will put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the sons of Israel. And Aaron will bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial. ¹³ And you will make settings of gold, ¹⁴ and two chains of pure gold, like cords you will make them, of corded work. And you will put the corded chains on the settings.

² And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together and encamped in the vale of Elah and arranged for battle against the Philistines.

⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone and killed* the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.
⁵¹ Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of the sheath of it and killed him and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
⁵² And the men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines until you come to Gai and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron. ⁵³ And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp.
⁵⁴ And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.

¹⁰ And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

¹ And David said in his heart, I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel, so I will escape out of his hand.
² And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

³ And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life. And he came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah and left his servant there.

¹ I will praise Jehovah at all times. His praise will continually be in my mouth. ² My soul will make its boast in Jehovah. The humble will hear of it and be glad. ³ O magnify Jehovah with me and let us exalt his name together.
⁴ I sought Jehovah and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. ⁵ They looked to him and were radiant and their faces will never be confounded.
⁶ This poor man cried and Jehovah heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. ⁷ The messenger of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear him and delivers them.
⁸ O taste and see that Jehovah is good. The man who takes refuge in him is fortunate. ⁹ O fear Jehovah, you* his, holy ones, because there is no want to those who fear him.
¹⁰ The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but those who seek Jehovah will not want any good thing.
¹¹ Come, you* children, listen to me. I will teach you* the fear of Jehovah. ¹² What man is he who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? ¹³ Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. ¹⁴ Depart from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.
¹⁵ The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. ¹⁶ (The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.)
¹⁷ They cried and Jehovah heard and delivered them out of all their troubles. ¹⁸ Jehovah is near to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are of a crushed spirit.
¹⁹ The afflictions of the righteous are many, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all. ²⁰ He keeps all his bones. Not one of them is broken.
²¹ Evil will kill the wicked and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
²² Jehovah redeems the soul of his servants and none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

²¹ And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the rulers, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death, but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt.

¹ And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for me a king among his sons.

⁷ And the women sang one to another as they played and said, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands.
⁸ And Saul was very angry and this saying displeased him and he said, They have bestowed to David ten thousands and to me they have bestowed but thousands and what can he have more but the kingdom?

⁵ Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

¹ Be merciful to me, O God, because man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me. ² My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, because they are many who fight proudly against me.
³ I am afraid in the day, I will put my trust in you. ⁴ I will praise his word in God. I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
⁵ All the day long they pervert my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. ⁶ They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
⁷ Shall they escape by wickedness? Cast down the peoples, in anger, O God. ⁸ You number my wanderings. Put my tears into your skin-container. Are they not in your book? ⁹ Then will my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.
¹⁰ I will praise his word in God. I will praise his word in Jehovah. ¹¹ I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
¹² Your vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank offerings to you. ¹³ Because you have delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

¹¹ And it happened, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, I beseech you, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon. ¹² And it will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will let you live. ¹³ I beseech you, say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake and that my soul may live because of you.

⁷ And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife. Lest, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.

¹⁰ And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath.

⁴ I sought Jehovah and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

³ I am afraid in the day, I will put my trust in you.

¹¹ I have laid your word up in my heart that I might not sin against you.

¹⁹ But Mary was keeping all these words to herself, pondering them in her heart.

⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was being subject to them and his mother was keeping all these words in her heart.

²⁵ The fear of man brings a snare, but he who puts his trust in Jehovah will be safe.

⁷ Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish and a bribe destroys the understanding.