They will ask how you are and give you two loaves[a] of bread, which you will accept from them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 10:4 DSS, LXX read wave offerings

They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread,(A) which you will accept from them.

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27 But some wicked men said, “How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift,(A) but Saul said nothing.[a][b]

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  1. 1 Samuel 10:27 DSS add Nahash king of the Ammonites had been severely oppressing the Gadites and Reubenites. He gouged out the right eye of each of them and brought fear and trembling on Israel. Of the Israelites beyond the Jordan none remained whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh-gilead.
  2. 1 Samuel 10:27 Lit gift, and he was like a mute person

27 But some scoundrels(A) said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts.(B) But Saul kept silent.

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16 A gift opens doors[a] for a man
and brings him before the great.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 18:16 Lit gift makes room

16 A gift(A) opens the way
    and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

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