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[1] Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?” [2] David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you. I have sent the young men to a certain place.’ [3] Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.” [4] The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.” [5] David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?” [6] So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before Yahweh, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away. [7] Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul. [8] David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.” [9] The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it, for there is no other except that here.”David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.” [10] David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. [11] The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying,
‘Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?” [12] David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath. [13] He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard. [14] Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me? [15] Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
‘Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?” [12] David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath. [13] He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard. [14] Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me? [15] Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
King James Version
David and Saul
[1] Then came H935 (QalImpf) David H1732 to Nob H5011 to Ahimelech H288 the priest: H3548 and Ahimelech H288 was afraid H2729 (QalImpf) at the meeting H7125 (QalInf) of David, H1732 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man H376 with thee? [2] And David H1732 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Ahimelech H288 the priest, H3548 The king H4428 hath commanded H6680 (PielPerf) me a business, H1697 and hath said H559 (QalImpf) unto me, Let no man H376 know H3045 (QalImpf) any thing H3972 of the business H1697 whereabout I send H7971 (QalActPtc) thee, and what I have commanded H6680 (PielPerf) thee: and I have appointed H3045 (PoalPerf) my servants H5288 to such H6423 and such H492 a place. H4725 [3] Now therefore what is H3426 under thine hand? H3027 give H5414 (QalImpv) me five H2568 loaves of bread H3899 in mine hand, H3027 or what there is present. H4672 (NiphPtc)§ [4] And the priest H3548 answered H6030 (QalImpf) David, H1732 and said, H559 (QalImpf) There is no common H2455 bread H3899 under mine hand, H3027 but there is H3426 hallowed H6944 bread; H3899 if the young men H5288 have kept H8104 (NiphPerf) themselves at least H389 from women. H802 [5] And David H1732 answered H6030 (QalImpf) the priest, H3548 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Of a truth H518 women H802 have been kept H6113 (QalPasPtc) from us about these three H8032 days, H8543 since I came out, H3318 (QalInf) and the vessels H3627 of the young men H5288 are holy, H6944 and the bread is in a manner H1870 common, H2455 yea, though it were sanctified H6942 (QalImpf) this day H3117 in the vessel. H3627§ [6] So the priest H3548 gave H5414 (QalImpf) him hallowed H6944 bread: for there was no bread H3899 there but the shewbread, H3899 that was taken H5493 (HophPtc) from before H6440 the Lord, H3068 to put H7760 (QalInf) hot H2527 bread H3899 in the day H3117 when it was taken away. H3947 (NiphInf) [7] Now a certain man H376 of the servants H5650 of Saul H7586 was there that day, H3117 detained H6113 (NiphPtc) before H6440 the Lord; H3068 and his name H8034 was Doeg, H1673 an Edomite, H130 the chiefest H47 of the herdmen H7462 (QalActPtc) that belonged to Saul. H7586 [8] And David H1732 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Ahimelech, H288 And is there H3426 not H371 here under thine hand H3027 spear H2595 or sword? H2719 for I have neither brought H3947 (QalPerf) my sword H2719 nor my weapons H3627 with me, H3027 because the king’s H4428 business H1697 required H1961 (QalPerf) haste. H5169 (QalPasPtc) [9] And the priest H3548 said, H559 (QalImpf) The sword H2719 of Goliath H1555 the Philistine, H6430 whom thou slewest H5221 (HiphPerf) in the valley H6010 of Elah, H425 behold, it is here wrapped H3874 (QalPasPtc) in a cloth H8071 behind H310 the ephod: H646 if thou wilt take H3947 (QalImpf) that, take H3947 (QalImpv) it: for there is no other H312 save H2108 that here. H2088 And David H1732 said, H559 (QalImpf) There is none like that; give H5414 (QalImpv) it me. [10] And David H1732 arose, H6965 (QalImpf) and fled H1272 (QalImpf) that day H3117 for fear H6440 of Saul, H7586 and went H935 (QalImpf) to Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath. H1661 [11] And the servants H5650 of Achish H397 said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Is not this David H1732 the king H4428 of the land? H776 did they not sing H6030 (QalImpf) one to another of him H2088 in dances, H4246 saying, H559 (QalInf)Saul H7586 hath slain H5221 (HiphPerf) his thousands, H505
And David H1732 his ten thousands? H7233
[12] And David H1732 laid up H7760 (QalImpf) these words H1697 in his heart, H3824 and was sore H3966 afraid H3372 (QalImpf) of H6440 Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath. H1661 [13] And he changed H8138 (PielImpf) his behaviour H2940 before H5869 them, and feigned himself mad H1984 (HipoImpf) in their hands, H3027 and scrabbled H8427 (PielImpf)§ on the doors H1817 of the gate, H8179 and let his spittle H7388 fall down H3381 (HiphImpf) upon his beard. H2206 [14] Then said H559 (QalImpf) Achish H397 unto his servants, H5650 Lo, ye see H7200 (QalImpf) the man H376 is mad: H7696 (HithPtc)§ wherefore then have ye brought H935 (HiphImpf) him to me? [15] Have I need H2638 of mad men, H7696 (PualPtc) that ye have brought H935 (HiphPerf) this fellow to play the mad man H7696 (HithInf) in my presence? shall this fellow come H935 (QalImpf) into my house? H1004
Footnotes
- § 21:3 Heb. found
- § 21:5 Or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel
- § 21:13 Or, made marks
- § 21:14 Or, playeth the mad man
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