Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
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Gill's Exposition
Then Saul said to his servant, but behold, if we go,.... The Targum is,"if he receives money,''which it seems Saul was not clear in; some sort of persons that set up for prophets, and a sort of…
Barnes' Notes
Presents of bread or meat were as common as presents of money. (Compare Eze 13:19; Hos 3:2.)
Adam Clarke
There is not a present to bring to the man of God - We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custom, that no man…
Here is, I. A great man rising from small beginnings. It does not appear that Saul had any preferment at all, or was in any post of honour or trust, till he was chosen king of Israel. Most that are…
Cambridge Bible
a present A word occurring here only, to denote the present with which one approachesa great man. The cognate verb is found in Isa 57:9, "Thou wentestto the king with ointment." For presents offered…
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