Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 30:7

A church father on this verse
“And Abiathar applied the ephod to David, etc. Those things which His saints do by the inspiration of the Lord, He Himself is said to do according to the manner of the Scriptures, since He aids them to do it; just as it is also said of the Holy Spirit, who has power and operation together with the Father and the Son: F…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Samuel

Source: Septuagint

Original

7And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Ahimelech, Bring near the ephod.

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In context

5And both the wives of David were carried captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

6And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

— 1 Samuel 30:7 —

8And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and thou shalt surely rescue the captives.

9So David went, he and the six hundred men with him, and they come as far as the brook Besor, and the superfluous ones stopped.

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