1 Samuele 16:20

20 Ed Isai prese un asino carico di pane, e di un barile di vino, e d’un capretto; e lo mandò a Saulle, per Davide suo figliuolo.

1 Samuele 16:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:20

And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread
Laden with a load of bread, as the Targum; with as much as it could carry, or was used to carry; the Septuagint version is, an omer of bread, which was as much as a man could eat in one day; and, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, it may be interpreted an heap of bread, agreeably to the use of the word in ( Judges 15:16 ) , and a bottle of wine; or a skin of wine, a leather bag or sack, which held more than our bottles; the Targum is, a flagon of wine:

and a kid;
of the goats, as the same Targum:

and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul;
some think that Jesse suspected that Saul had known the secret of David's being anointed, and was fearful that he had a design upon his life, and therefore sent this present by his son to pacify him, and ingratiate him unto him; but rather he sent it as a token of respect and subjection to his sovereign, and according to the custom of those times, when men used to carry presents when they waited upon princes, and indeed in their common visits; and do in the eastern countries to this day; (See Gill on 1 Samuel 9:7).

1 Samuele 16:20 In-Context

18 Ed uno de’ servitori rispose, e disse: Ecco, io ho veduto un figliuolo di Isai Betlehemita, il quale sa sonare, ed è uomo prode e valente, e guerriero, ed avveduto nel parlare, ed è un bell’uomo, e il Signore è con lui.

19 Saulle adunque mandò de’ messi ad Isai a dirgli: Mandami Davide, tuo figliuolo, che è appresso alla greggia.

20 Ed Isai prese un asino carico di pane, e di un barile di vino, e d’un capretto; e lo mandò a Saulle, per Davide suo figliuolo.

21 E Davide venne a Saulle, e stette davanti a lui. E Saulle l’amò forte, e Davide fu suo scudiere.

22 E Saulle mandò a dire ad Isai: Deh! lascia che Davide stia davanti a me; perciocchè egli mi è in grazia.