1 Samuel 30:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 30:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 30:11 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 30:11 — KJV
“And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;”
— 1 Samuel 30:11 (KJV)
1 Samuel 30:11 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 30:11
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:11: bread, eat, made
“The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. made...: or, nourished him set...: or, brought him up little rivers: or, conduits”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:11: field, brought, eat
“Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:11: gave, bread, eat
“And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:11: found, field, brought
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:11: bread, eat, drink
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