1 Samuel 30:12 Meaning and Explanation
“And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.”
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Read Full Chapter →Given figs and raisins, the starving man revives, having gone three days and nights without food or water.
What Does 1 Samuel 30:12 Mean?
They give the man a cake of pressed figs and two clusters of raisins, and as he eats, his spirit came again to him — life returns to a body that had gone three days and three nights without bread or water. He had been so near death that food itself is a kind of resurrection.
The detail of three days and three nights, and of one revived from the edge of death, sounds a quiet note that echoes forward in Scripture. Bread and water freely given to a perishing stranger restore him to life and set the whole rescue in motion. The Lord still gives bread to the famished and water to the dying, and in His hands the smallest gift of mercy can raise up what was as good as dead.
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What does 1 Samuel 30:12 mean?
Given figs and raisins, the starving man revives, having gone three days and nights without food or water.