“They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 30 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.