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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
這又一次例證大衛隨口編造、毫無顧忌的敏捷才思（比較 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
「尋常的」——與「聖的」相對（見邊註串珠；並比較該詞在 Acts 10:14-15、Acts 10:28 的用法）。亞希米勒手邊除了陳設餅以外再無別的餅，這顯示當時祭司職分的境況何等衰微貧乏。
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……」——指他們的衣服（Deuteronomy 22:5）或行囊（見邊註串珠），或其他按利未條例可能不潔、需要潔淨的物件（Leviticus 13:58；Exodus 19:10 等；Mark 7:4），也包括身體本身。
「餅……」——意思是：「你把這餅給我和我的少年人，雖是把這餅當作尋常的餅來對待，但已有新烤的陳設餅放上桌子，代替你所給我們的」；那天是星期五，下一節有所表明。
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
「留在耶和華面前」——或是為還願（Acts 21:23-27），或是因不潔，或是因在痲瘋患者的條例之下（Leviticus 13:4、Leviticus 13:11、Leviticus 13:21），或是身為歸信者。多益因某種罪行被拘留或居於聖所，也並非沒有可能。
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
「用布包裹，放在以弗得後面」——更恰當的譯法是「在斗篷裏」，即歌利亞的軍用斗篷，那是奉獻之戰利品的一部分。以弗得自然是掛在惟有大祭司才能取用的地方。
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
「迦特王亞吉」——從標題看來，Psalm 34 似乎是在這場合寫成的。（見該處註釋。）沒有甚麼比大衛竟前往非利士人之地的這一事實，更能生動地表明他所陷入的窘境了。
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」——非利士人把他們自己的首領所用的稱號加在他身上。
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
「胡寫亂畫」——按字面是「作了記號」（見頁邊註），即「tau」（t）記號；這字母在古希伯來文和腓尼基文中呈十字形。（見 Ezekiel 9:4。）
「在城門的門扇上」——指亞吉宮院或庭院的門，僕役在那裏侍候；房子本身立於這院子之中。（比較 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，大祭司住在那裏，會幕也支搭在那裏（1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:6, 1 Samuel 21:9；1 Samuel 22:10）。它位於從北面通往耶路撒冷的路旁，靠近亞拿突，在聖城望得見的範圍之內（Isaiah 10:32；Nehemiah 11:32）。但其確實位置至今未能考定。