SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:7
Aquel día estaba allí uno de los siervos de Saúl cumpliendo algún voto delante del SEÑOR, el nombre del cual era Doeg, idumeo, principal de los pastores de Saúl.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 21:7
Verse 7. Detained before the Lord] Probably fulfilling some vow to the Lord, and therefore for a time resident at the tabernacle. And his name was Doeg] From chap. xxii. 9 we learn that this man betrayed David's secret to Saul, which caused him to destroy the city, and slay eighty-five priests. We learn from its title that the fifty-second Psalm was made on this occasion; but titles are not to be implicitly trusted.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day , etc.] When David came to Nob, and asked bread of the priest, and had it, which this man was an eyewitness of, ( 1 Samuel 22:9,10); detained before the Lord ; either because it was sabbath day, and so he might not travel, at least no more than two thousand cubits; or by some vow of his, which he was obliged to stay and perform; or on account of some impurity he had contracted, which he came to be cleansed from; or this detention was voluntary, in order to offer sacrifice to the Lord, or pray unto him, or to study the law of God in the tabernacle, pretending to be a very religious man: and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite , being by birth an Idumean, but a proselyte to the Jewish religion; or he was of the seed of Israel, but because he had dwelt in Edom, he was called an Edomite, as Kimchi thinks; just as Uriah is called for a like reason the Hittite: the chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul ; Saul had his herds and men to look after them, and this man was set over them all, to see that they faithfully discharged their trust. The same officer the Romans called the praefect, or master of the cattle f437 ; (see Gill on “ 1 Chronicles 27:29”), and (see Gill on “ 1 Chronicles 27:31”); though this man was not only over the king’s cattle, but over those that kept them; and was in the same office as Phorbas was, under Laius king of Thebes f438 , and Melanthius in Homer f439 , and Faustulus to Amulius f440 : but Abarbinel is of opinion that this is to be understood not of the keepers of herds and flocks, but of the shepherds or rulers of the people; and that this man was set over all the other magistrates and rulers of the people, hence said to be “set over the servants of Saul”, ( 1 Samuel 22:9); and so Jarchi calls him “Ab Beth Din”, or father of the sanhedrim, or great court of judicature; who was detained in the tabernacle to learn the law there, that he might be the better qualified for his office; but Kimchi interprets it as we do, the chief of the keepers of the herd, and both the Septuagint and Josephus say that he fed the king’s mules.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - David, in distress, fled to the tabernacle of God. It is great comfor in a day of trouble, that we have a God to go to, to whom we may ope our cases, and from whom we may ask and expect direction. David tol Ahimelech a gross untruth. What shall we say to this? The Scriptur does not conceal it, and we dare not justify it; it was ill done, an proved of bad consequence; for it occasioned the death of the priest of the Lord. David thought upon it afterward with regret. David ha great faith and courage, yet both failed him; he fell thus foull through fear and cowardice, and owing to the weakness of his faith. Ha he trusted God aright, he would not have used such a sorry, sinfu shift for his own preservation. It is written, not for us to do the like, no, not in the greatest straits, but for our warning. David aske of Ahimelech bread and a sword. Ahimelech supposed they might eat the shew-bread. The Son of David taught from it, that mercy is to be preferred to sacrifice; that ritual observances must give way to mora duties. Doeg set his foot as far within the tabernacle as David did. We little know with what hearts people come to the house of God, nor what use they will make of pretended devotion. If many come in simplicity of heart to serve their God, others come to observe their teachers and to prove accusers. Only God and the event can distinguish between a Davi and a Doeg, when both are in the tabernacle. (1Sa 21:10-15)
Original Hebrew
ושׁם 8033 אישׁ 376 מעבדי 5650 שׁאול 7586 ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 נעצר 6113 לפני 6440 יהוה 3069 ושׁמו 8034 דאג 1673 האדמי 130 אביר 47 הרעים 7473 אשׁר 834 לשׁאול׃ 7586
