1 Samuele 30:11

11 Trovarono per la campagna un Egiziano, e lo menarono a Davide. Gli diedero del pane, ch’egli mangiò, e dell’acqua da bere;

1 Samuele 30:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:11

And they found an Egyptian in the field
As they passed along, lying there, having been sick, and was half starved, almost dead:

and brought him to David;
to know what was to be done with him; being in the habit of a soldier, they concluded he might be one of the company they were in pursuit of; but whether they should kill him, or make use of him for intelligence and as a guide, could they bring him to himself, they knew not, and therefore brought him to David:

and gave him bread, and he did eat, and they made him drink water;
both which they had with them for their own use; had he been an Amalekite, and not an Egyptian, they might not have relieved or spared him, but must have destroyed him at once; see ( Deuteronomy 25:19 ) .

1 Samuele 30:11 In-Context

9 Davide dunque andò coi seicento uomini che avea seco, e giunsero al torrente Besor, dove quelli ch’erano rimasti indietro si fermarono:

10 ma Davide continuò l’inseguimento con quattrocento uomini: duecento erano rimasti addietro, troppo stanchi per poter attraversare il torrente Besor.

11 Trovarono per la campagna un Egiziano, e lo menarono a Davide. Gli diedero del pane, ch’egli mangiò, e dell’acqua da bere;

12 e gli diedero un pezzo di schiacciata di fichi secchi e due picce d’uva. Quand’egli ebbe mangiato, si riebbe, perché non avea mangiato pane né bevuto acqua per tre giorni e tre notti.

13 Davide gli chiese: "A chi appartieni? e di dove sei? Quegli rispose: "Sono un giovine egiziano, servo di un Amalekita; e il mio padrone m’ha abbandonato perché tre giorni fa caddi infermo.