John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 21:3
Now therefore what is under thine hand ?.... Meaning, what food had he in his house? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand ; to take with him, for him and his servants in such a place: or what there is present ; or to be found F7 הנמצא "quicquid inveneris", V. L, "inventum", Montanus; "quicquid inventum fuerit", Tigurine version. in the tabernacle; if not five loaves, two, or three, or four, or what food soever he had by him. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 21:1-9
Here, I. David, in distress, flies in the tabernacle of God, now pitched at Nob, supposed to be a city in the tribe of Benjamin. Since Shiloh was forsaken, the tabernacle was often removed, though the ark still remained at Kirjath-jearim. Hither David came in his flight from Saul's fury (1 Sam. 21:1), and applied to Ahimelech the priest. Samuel the prophet could not protect him, Jonathan the prince could not. He therefore has recourse next to Ahimelech the priest. He foresees he must now be an... read more