1 Samuel 30:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 30:12 — by Collins Asein
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1 Samuel 30:12 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 30:12 — KJV
“And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.”
— 1 Samuel 30:12 (KJV)
1 Samuel 30:12 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 30:12
“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 30:12: bread, nor, water
“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 30:12: bread, nor, water
“And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:12: gave, two, came
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:12: bread, nor, water
“But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. Enhakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 30:12: spirit, came, again
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