The Meaning of 1 Samuel 23:6 Explained

1 Samuel 23:6

KJV: And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.

Darby: And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

ASV: And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 23:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an ephod in his hand.

What does 1 Samuel 23:6 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 23:1-14 - Success And Safety Under God's Guidance

We learn here that those who are called to walk in the maze of human life need to look constantly upward for direction. "It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Our eyes need to be fixed constantly on the Lord. "Lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." We have no priestly ephod to direct us. But if we roll the responsibility of our way on God and wait for Him, the conviction of His plan will steal into our hearts, and this will be corroborated by the advice of experienced friends and the trend of circumstances.

The recompense of the people of Keilah for David's noble interposition on their behalf was very base, and warns us not to trust in human safeguards, which are so liable to be broken down. The only place of absolute security is in God. Blessed are they whose life is "hid with Christ in God"! David knew that, and in these sad and difficult days, when he was hunted as a partridge on the mountains, he was composing some of his most helpful psalms. See Psalms 11:1-7; Psalms 54:1-7; Psalms 57:1-11. In our own troubled times, how good it is that we should listen to the sweet music of the eternal world which surrounds this one and in which the harried soul may have its abiding-place. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 23

¹ David, enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescues Keilah
⁷ God showing him the coming of Saul, and the treachery of the Keilites,
¹³ he escapes from Keilah
¹⁴ In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
¹⁹ The Ziphites discover him to Saul
²⁵ At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines
²⁹ He dwells at En Gedi

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 23:6 mean?

And it came to pass when fled Abiathar son of Ahimelech to David at Keilah [with] an ephod [that] he went down in his hand

וַיְהִ֗י בִּ֠בְרֹחַ אֶבְיָתָ֧ר בֶּן־ אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ אֶל־ דָּוִ֖ד קְעִילָ֑ה אֵפ֖וֹד יָרַ֥ד בְּיָדֽוֹ

וַיְהִ֗י	And it came to pass
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בִּ֠בְרֹחַ	when fled
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: בָּרַח Sense: to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away.
אֶבְיָתָ֧ר	Abiathar
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶבְיָתָר Sense: priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ	of Ahimelech
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲחִימֶלֶךְ Sense: a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul’s command, for supposedly assisting David.
דָּוִ֖ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
קְעִילָ֑ה	at Keilah
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: קְעִילָה Sense: a city in the lowlands of Judah northwest of Hebron.
אֵפ֖וֹד	[with] an ephod
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֵפֹד Sense: ephod.
יָרַ֥ד	[that] he went down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
בְּיָדֽוֹ	in his hand
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.

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