1 Samuel 22:10
Good News Translation
Ahimelech asked the LORD what David should do, and then he gave David some food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

New Revised Standard Version
he inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

Contemporary English Version
Ahimelech talked to the LORD for him, then gave him food and the sword that had belonged to Goliath the Philistine."

New American Bible
He consulted the LORD for him, furnished him with provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he consulted the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he consulted the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.

he enquired

1 Samuel 22:13,15 And Saul said to him: Why have you conspired against me, thou, and the son of Isai, and thou hast given him bread and a sword, and hast consulted the Lord for him, that he should rise up against me, continuing a traitor to this day. . . .

1 Samuel 23:2,4,12 Therefore David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said to David: Go, and thou shalt smite the Philistines, and shalt save Ceila. . . .

1 Samuel 30:8 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.

Numbers 27:21 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.

him victuals

1 Samuel 21:6-9 The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up. . . .

Context
Saul Slays the Priests of Nob
9And Doeg, the Edomite, who stood by, and was the chief among the servants of Saul, answering, said: I saw the son of Isai, in Nobe, with Achimelech, the son of Achitob, the priest. 10And he consulted the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.11Then the king sent to call for Achimelech, the priest, the son of Achitob, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nobe, and they came all of them to the king.…
Cross References
Numbers 27:21
If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.

1 Samuel 10:22
And after this they consulted the Lord whether he would come thither. And the Lord answered: Behold he is hidden at home.

1 Samuel 21:6
The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up.

1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said: Lo, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Terebinth, wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take this, take it, for here there is no other but this. And David said: There is none like that, give it me.

1 Samuel 22:11
Then the king sent to call for Achimelech, the priest, the son of Achitob, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nobe, and they came all of them to the king.

1 Samuel 22:9
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