The Meaning of 1 Samuel 16:20 Explained

1 Samuel 16:20

KJV: And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

YLT: And Jesse taketh an ass, with bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

Darby: And Jesse took an ass with bread, and a flask of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

ASV: And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 16:20?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 16:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul.

What does 1 Samuel 16:20 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 16:14-23 - The Young Harper Before The Dejected King

In one sentence we are told of the Spirit of the Lord coming upon David, 1 Samuel 16:13, and in the next of the departure of the Spirit from Saul. This does not necessarily imply that all religious sensibility had become extinct, but that the special enduement which had fitted him for his kingly office had been withdrawn. An evil spirit "from the Lord" troubled him; that is, God permitted this spirit to enter. The garrison of peace and love had, been willfully dismissed by Saul, and by the inevitable operation of the divine law, as He had banished the light, he was necessarily left in darkness. God gave him up to a reprobate mind, Romans 1:24; Romans 1:26; Romans 1:28.

The king's depression demanded an antidote, which was provided by music. Philip V of Spain was helped in the same fashion. The minstrel was none other than the young shepherd so recently anointed. A directing Providence superintends every incident in life. That a servant of Saul's had seen David in some country contest was only a link in the chain, 1 Samuel 16:18. God has a plan for each life. "All things work together for good to them that love God," Romans 8:28. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 16

¹ Samuel sent by God, under pretense of a sacrifice, comes to Bethlehem
⁶ His human judgment is reproved
¹¹ He anoints David
¹⁵ Saul sends for David to quiet his evil spirit

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 16:20 mean?

And took Jesse a donkey [loaded with] bread and a skin of wine and young goat one and sent [them] by David his son to Saul

וַיִּקַּ֨ח יִשַׁ֜י חֲמ֥וֹר לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְנֹ֣אד יַ֔יִן וּגְדִ֥י עִזִּ֖ים אֶחָ֑ד וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח בְּיַד־ דָּוִ֥ד בְּנ֖וֹ אֶל־ שָׁאֽוּל

וַיִּקַּ֨ח	And took
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
יִשַׁ֜י	Jesse
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישַׁי Sense: son of Boaz and the father of king David.
חֲמ֥וֹר	a donkey [loaded with]
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֲמֹור Sense: (he)ass.
לֶ֙חֶם֙	bread
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain.
וְנֹ֣אד	and a skin
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: נׄאד Sense: skin, bottle, skin-bottle.
יַ֔יִן	of wine
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יַיִן Sense: wine.
עִזִּ֖ים	young goat
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: עֵז Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.
אֶחָ֑ד	one
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: אֶחָד Sense: one (number).
וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח	and sent [them]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁלַח Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
דָּוִ֥ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
בְּנ֖וֹ	his son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שָׁאֽוּל	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.

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