1Sa 21 | ABEn | STEP | And David comes to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech is startled in the meeting David. And he said to him, Why is it that you are alone, and no one is with you?

1 Samuel 21

CHAPTER 21 David Goes to Ahimelech the Priest

1 And David comes to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech is startled in the meeting David. And he said to him, Why is it that you are alone, and no one is with you? 2 And David said to the priest Ahimelech, The king gave charge to me a thing today, and said to me, Let no one know anything concerning the matter for which I send you, and for what I have given charge to you. And to the servants I testified in the place, in the one being called -- Phalanni Alomni. 3 And now, if there is in your hand five bread loaves, put into my hand the thing being found. 4 And [³responded ¹the ²priest] to David, and said, There are no profane bread loaves in my hand, but [²only ⁴bread loaves ³holy ¹there are]. If [³were having been kept ¹the ²servants] from a woman, then they shall eat. 5 And David answered to the priest, and said to him, Yes, even from a woman we have been at a distance from yesterday and the third day before. In my coming forth for the journey [⁴have been ¹all ²the ³servants] purified; but this journey is profane, for today it shall be sanctified on account of my weapons. 6 And [⁴gave ⁵to him ¹Ahimelech ²the ³priest] bread loaves of the place setting, for there was no [²there ¹bread loaf], but only bread loaves of the presence, the loaves being removed before the presence of the lord, so as to place near [²bread loaves ¹the hot] in which day he took them. 7 And there was a certain one there of the servants of Saul in that day, being held before the lord, and the name to him was Doeg the Edomite, feeding the mules of Saul. 8 And David said to Ahimelech, See if there is here under your hand a spear or broadsword! for my broadsword and my weapons I have not taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was in haste. 9 And [³said ¹the ²priest], Behold, the broadsword of Goliath the Philistine whom you struck in the valley of Ela. And it is wrapped in a cloak behind the shoulder-piece. If this you take for yourself, take! for there is none other besides it here. And David said, There is none as it, give it to me!

David Goes to Achish King of Gath

10 And he gave it to him. And David rose up and fled in that day from the presence of Saul. And David came to Achish king of Gath. 11 And [⁴said ¹the ²servants ³of Achish] to him, [³not ²this Is] David the king of the land? Did not [³to this one ⁴taking the lead ¹the ²women joining in a dance], saying, Saul struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David put these words in his heart, and feared exceedingly before the face of Achish king of Gath. 13 And he changed his countenance before them. And carried about with his hands, and fell upon the doors of the gateway, and his saliva flowed down upon his beard. 14 And Achish said to his servants, Behold, you see a man overcome by convulsions! Why did you bring him to me? 15 Or do [²feel a want ³of ones overcome by convulsions ¹I] that you carry him being possessed unto me? Shall this one enter into my house, no.