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1 Samuel 21 (WEBP)

[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?”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 21 (KJVS)

[1] Then came () David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest : and Ahimelech was afraid () at the meeting () of David , and said () unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?
[2] And David said () unto Ahimelech the priest , The king hath commanded () me a business , and hath said () unto me, Let no man know () any thing of the business whereabout I send () thee, and what I have commanded () thee: and I have appointed () [my] servants to such and such a place .
[3] Now therefore what is under thine hand ? give () [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand , or what there is present ().
[4] And the priest answered () David , and said (), [There is] no common bread under mine hand , but there is hallowed bread ; if the young men have kept () themselves at least from women .
[5] And David answered () the priest , and said () unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept () from us about these three days , since I came out (), and the vessels of the young men are holy , and [the bread is] in a manner common , yea, though it were sanctified () this day in the vessel .
[6] So the priest gave () him hallowed [bread]: for there was no bread there but the shewbread , that was taken () from before the LORD , to put () 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 the LORD ; and his name [was] Doeg , an Edomite , the chiefest of the herdmen () that [belonged] to Saul .
[8] And David said () unto Ahimelech , And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword ? for I have neither brought () my sword nor my weapons with me , because the king’s business required () haste ().
[9] And the priest said (), The sword of Goliath the Philistine , whom thou slewest () in the valley of Elah , behold, it [is here] wrapped () in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take () that, take () [it]: for [there is] no other save that here . And David said (), [There is] none like that; give () it me.
[10] And David arose (), and fled () that day for fear of Saul , and went () to Achish the king of Gath .
[11] And the servants of Achish said () unto him, [Is] not this David the king of the land ? did they not sing () one to another of him in dances , saying (), Saul hath slain () his thousands , and David his ten thousands ?
[12] And David laid up () these words in his heart , and was sore afraid () of Achish the king of Gath .
[13] And he changed () his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad () in their hands , and scrabbled () on the doors of the gate , and let his spittle fall down () upon his beard .
[14] Then said () Achish unto his servants , Lo, ye see () the man is mad (): wherefore [then] have ye brought () him to me?
[15] Have I need of mad men (), that ye have brought () this [fellow] to play the mad man () in my presence? shall this [fellow] come () into my house ?

Young’s Literal Translation

1 Samuel 21 (YLT)

[1] And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, ‘Wherefore art thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?’
[2] And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, ‘The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place;
[3] and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.’
[4] And the priest answereth David, and saith, ‘There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.’
[5] And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, ‘Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it is a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.’
[6] And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.
[7] And there is a man of the servants of Saul on that day detained before Jehovah, and his name is Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul hath.
[8] And David saith to Ahimelech, ‘And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.’
[9] And the priest saith, ‘The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this place.’ And David saith, ‘There is none like it-give it to me.’
[10] And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;
[11] and the servants of Achish say unto him, ‘Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, ‘Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?’
[12] And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,
[13] and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.
[14] And Achish saith unto his servants, ‘Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?
[15] A lack of madmen have I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?’