1 Samuel 30:11
Good News Translation
The men with David found a young Egyptian out in the country and brought him to David. They gave him some food and water,

New Revised Standard Version
In the open country they found an Egyptian, and brought him to David. They gave him bread and he ate; they gave him water to drink;

Contemporary English Version
Some of David's men found an Egyptian out in a field and took him to David. They gave the Egyptian some bread, and he ate it. Then they gave him a drink of water,

New American Bible
An Egyptian was found in the open country and brought to David. They gave him food to eat and water to drink;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,

gave him

Deuteronomy 15:7-11 If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand, . . .

Deuteronomy 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Proverbs 25:21 If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:

Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:

Luke 10:36,37 Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers? . . .

Romans 12:20,21 But if the enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. . . .

Context
David Destroys the Amalekites
10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who, being weary, could not go over the torrent Besor. 11And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,12As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water, three days and three nights.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:10
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who, being weary, could not go over the torrent Besor.

1 Samuel 30:12
As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water, three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 30:10
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