1 Samuel 30:11
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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.

Lexicon
Now [his men] found
וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ (way·yim·ṣə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

an Egyptian
מִצְרִי֙ (miṣ·rî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4713: Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt

in the field
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (baś·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

and brought
וַיִּקְח֥וּ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

him to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

David.
דָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

They gave
וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (way·yit·tə·nū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

[the man]
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

water
מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

to drink
וַיַּשְׁקֻ֖הוּ (way·yaš·qu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to

and food
לֶ֙חֶם֙ (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

to eat—
וַיֹּ֔אכַל (way·yō·ḵal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat


Additional Translations
Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink.

And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.

And 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,

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

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they made him drink water;

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.

and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,
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