What Does 1 Samuel 30:28 Mean in the King James?

And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

1 Samuel 30:28 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verse turns provision into a map, naming the communities where it reaches people.

THE MEANING

The verse keeps its attention on particular places: Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa. In the surrounding passage, these names mark where shared provision travels, making its reach specific rather than abstract.

THE ROOT

אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ

ʾEštəmōaʿ

GROWS FROM

שמע

Hear, listen, respond; the place-name is commonly associated with hearing.

Eshtemoa carries an echo of ⁨שָׁמַע⁩, hearing. In this list, that hearing-shaped name belongs to a real destination along the route of provision.

ALSO GROWS

shama: Hear, listen, respond.

שָׁמַע

This verb makes the name’s hearing association audible and keeps listening joined to response.

shemuah: A report or tidings.

שְׁמוּעָה

This branch shows hearing extending into what is heard and carried onward, like provision moving through the named places.

THE PATTERN

Provision becomes visible as it reaches particular people and places.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deuteronomy 15:11 · KJVThe open hand gives provision a direction: toward people present in specific places.

And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Acts 4:35 · KJVThe shared goods are carried onward and distributed according to the needs of particular people.

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

2 Corinthians 8:14 · KJVWhat one community has in abundance becomes provision where another community has need.

THE THREAD

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

1 Samuel 30:26 · KJV

This verse names communities within the route of the present described just before it. The list shows provision traveling outward until it has actual destinations.

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