1 Samuel 21

1 ♥ 📝 T hen came^H935 David^H1732 to Nob^H5011 to Ahimelech^H288 the priest:^H3548 and Ahimelech^H288 came to meet^H7125 David^H1732 trembling,^H2729 and said^H559 unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man^H376 with thee?

2 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto Ahimelech^H288 the priest,^H3548 The king^H4428 hath commanded^H6680 me a business,^H1697 and hath said^H559 unto me, Let no man^H376 know^H3045 anything^H3972 of the business^H1697 whereabout I send^H7971 thee, and what I have commanded^H6680 thee: and I have appointed^H6680 the young men^H5288 to such^H6423 and such^H492 a place.^H4725

3 ♥ 📝 Now therefore what is^H3426 under thy hand?^H3027 give^H5414 me five^H2568 loaves of bread^H3899 in my hand,^H3027 or whatsoever there is present.^H4672

4 ♥ 📝 And the priest^H3548 answered^H6030 David,^H1732 and said,^H559 There is no common^H2455 bread^H3899 under my hand,^H3027 but there is^H3426 holy^H6944 bread;^H3899 if only the young men^H5288 have kept^H8104 themselves from^H389 women.^H802

5 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 answered^H6030 the priest,^H3548 and said^H559 unto him, Of a truth^H518 women^H802 have been kept^H6113 from us about these three^H8032 days;^H8543 when I came out,^H3318 the vessels^H3627 of the young men^H5288 were holy,^H6944 though it was but a common^H2455 journey;^H1870 how much more then to-day^H3117 shall their vessels^H3627 be holy?^H6942

6 ♥ 📝 So the priest^H3548 gave^H5414 him holy^H6944 [bread]; for there was no bread^H3899 there but the showbread,^H3899 that was taken^H5493 from before^H6440 Jehovah,^H3068 to put^H7760 hot^H2527 bread^H3899 in the day^H3117 when it was taken away.^H3947

7 ♥ 📝 Now a certain man^H376 of the servants^H5650 of Saul^H7586 was there that day,^H3117 detained^H6113 before^H6440 Jehovah;^H3068 and his name^H8034 was Doeg^H1673 the Edomite,^H130 the chiefest^H47 of the herdsmen^H7462 that belonged to Saul.^H7586

8 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 unto Ahimelech,^H288 And is there^H3426 not^H371 here under thy hand^H3027 spear^H2595 or sword?^H2719 for I have neither brought^H3947 my sword^H2719 nor my weapons^H3627 with me,^H3027 because the king's^H4428 business^H1697 required^H1961 haste.^H5169

9 ♥ 📝 And the priest^H3548 said,^H559 The sword^H2719 of Goliath^H1555 the Philistine,^H6430 whom thou slewest^H5221 in the vale^H6010 of Elah,^H425 behold, it is here wrapped^H3874 in a cloth^H8071 behind^H310 the ephod:^H646 if thou wilt take^H3947 that, take^H3947 it; for there is no other^H312 save^H2108 that here.^H2088 And David^H1732 said,^H559 There is none like that; give^H5414 it me.

10 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 arose,^H6965 and fled^H1272 that day^H3117 for fear^H6440 of Saul,^H7586 and went^H935 to Achish^H397 the king^H4428 of Gath.^H1661

11 ♥ 📝 And the servants^H5650 of Achish^H397 said^H559 unto him, Is not this David^H1732 the king^H4428 of the land?^H776 did they not sing^H6030 one to another of him^H2088 in dances,^H4246 saying,^H559 Saul^H7586 hath slain^H5221 his thousands,^H505 And David^H1732 his ten thousands?^H7233

12 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 laid up^H7760 these words^H1697 in his heart,^H3824 and was sore^H3966 afraid^H3372 of^H6440 Achish^H397 the king^H4428 of Gath.^H1661

13 ♥ 📝 And he changed^H8138 his behavior^H2940 before^H5869 them, and feigned himself mad^H1984 in their hands,^H3027 and scrabbled^H8427 on the doors^H1817 of the gate,^H8179 and let his spittle^H7388 fall down^H3381 upon his beard.^H2206

14 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Achish^H397 unto his servants,^H5650 Lo, ye see^H7200 the man^H376 is mad;^H7696 wherefore then have ye brought^H935 him to me?

15 ♥ 📝 Do I lack^H2638 madmen,^H7696 that ye have brought^H935 this fellow to play the madman^H7696 in my presence? shall this fellow come^H935 into my house?^H1004