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1 Samuel 21:1
英文原文
Nob was a city of the priests, the high priest resided there, and the tabernacle was pitched there 1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:6,1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:10. It was situated on the road from the north to Jerusalem, near Anathoth, and within sight of the holy city Isaiah 10:32; Nehemiah 11:32. But the site has not been identified with certainty.
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1 Samuel 21:2
这又是一个实例，显出大卫随口编造托辞时毫无顾忌（比较 1 Samuel 20:6）。
英文原文
A fresh instance of David's unscrupulous readiness of invention (compare 1 Samuel 20:6).
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1 Samuel 21:4
“寻常的”——与“圣的”相对。（见边注参考；并比较该词在 Acts 10:14-15, Acts 10:28 中的用法。）亚希米勒手边除陈设饼外再无别的饼，可见当时祭司职分何等衰微穷乏。
英文原文
Common - As opposed to holy. (See the marginal references, and compare the use of the word in Acts 10:14-15, Acts 10:28.) It gives an idea of the depressed and poor condition of the priesthood at that time, that Ahimelech should have had no bread at hand except the showbread.
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1 Samuel 21:5
“少年人的器皿……”——指他们的衣服（Deuteronomy 22:5）或行囊（见边注参考），或指其他按利未的规例可能不洁、需要洁净的物件（Leviticus 13:58；Exodus 19:10 等；Mark 7:4），人身也不例外。
“饼……”——意思是：“虽然你把它给我和我的少年人，等于把它当作寻常的饼来使用，但必有新烤的陈设饼摆上桌子，取代你所给我们的”；那一天是星期五，这从下一节可以看出。
英文原文
The vessels of the young men ... - i. e., their clothes Deuteronomy 22:5 or wallets (marginal reference), or other articles which might be Levitically unclean and need cleansing (Leviticus 13:58; Exodus 19:10, etc.; Mark 7:4), as well as the person.
And the bread ... - The meaning is; "Though it is treating it like common bread to give it to me and my young men, there is fresh showbread baked and put on the table in place of what you give us;" the day being Friday. as is indicated in the verse following.
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1 Samuel 21:7
在耶和华面前被留住 - 或是为还愿（比较 Acts 21:23-27），或因不洁，或在关乎麻风患者的律法之下（Leviticus 13:4、Leviticus 13:11、Leviticus 13:21），或是作为进教的人。多益因某罪被拘留、或寄身于圣所，也不是不可能。
英文原文
Detained before the Lord - Either to fulfill a vow Acts 21:23-27, or on account of uncleanness, or under the law of lepers Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:11, Leviticus 13:21, or as a proselyte. It is not impossible that Doeg may have been in custody or in sanctuary for some crime.
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1 Samuel 21:9
裹在布中，放在以弗得后边 - 更应作“在战袍里”，即歌利亚的军装外袍，是奉献的战利品的一部分。以弗得则自然挂在大祭司独自可以取用的地方。
英文原文
Wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod - Rather, "in the cloak," Goliath's military cloak, which was part of the dedicated trophy. The ephod was naturally hung up where the high priest alone could get at it.
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1 Samuel 21:10
迦特王亚吉 - 从诗题看，Psalm 34 似是因这事而作的。（见该处注释。）没有什么比大卫逃往非利士人之地这事实，更能生动地表明他所陷的绝境。
英文原文
Achish king of Gath - It appears from the title that Psalm 34 was composed on this occasion. (See the note there.) Nothing can give a more lively impression of the straits to which David was reduced than the fact of his going to the country of the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 21:11
那地的王 - 非利士人把对他们自己的君王所用的称号加给了他。
英文原文
The king of the land - The Philistines gave him the title which their own lords bore.
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1 Samuel 21:13
胡写乱画 - 直译为“画记号”（见旁注），即“tau”（t）的记号；在古希伯来文和腓尼基文中，这个字母呈十字形。（见 Ezekiel 9:4。）
在城门的门扇上 - 指亚吉王宫院或庭院的大门，仆从们在那里候命。宫殿本身坐落在这院子之中。（比较 Esther 2:19；Esther 2:21。）
英文原文
Scrabbled - literally, made marks (margin), namely, the mark of the "tau" (t), which in the ancient Hebrew and Phoenician was in the shape of a cross. (See Ezekiel 9:4.)
On the doors of the gate - The gate of Achish's palace-yard or court, in which the attendants waited. The house itself stood in this court. (Compare Esther 2:19, Esther 2:21.)
挪伯是祭司的城，大祭司住在那里，会幕也支搭在那里（1 Samuel 21:4, 21:6, 21:9；1 Samuel 22:10）。它位于从北方通往耶路撒冷的路上，靠近亚拿突，在圣城的视线之内（Isaiah 10:32；Nehemiah 11:32）。但其遗址尚未得到确切的考证。