21:1 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'
21:2 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;
21:3 and
now,
what
is
there
under
thy
hand
five
loaves
give
into
my
hand,
or
that
which
is
found.'
21:4 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.'
21:5 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.'
21:6 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.
21:7 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.
21:8 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.'
21:9 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.'
21:10 And
David
riseth
and
fleeth
on
that
day
from
the
face
of
Saul,
and
cometh
in
unto
Achish
king
of
Gath;
21:11 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'
21:12 And
David
layeth
these
words
in
his
heart,
and
is
exceedingly
afraid
of
the
face
of
Achish
king
of
Gath,
21:13 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.
21:14 And
Achish
saith
unto
his
servants,
`Lo,
ye
see
a
man
acting
as
a
madman;
why
do
ye
bring
him
in
unto
me
21:15 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'
