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1 # Then came <0935> (8799) David <01732> to Nob <05011> to Ahimelech <0288> the priest <03548>: and Ahimelech <0288> was afraid <02729> (8799) at the meeting <07125> (8800) of David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man <0376> with thee?
2 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Ahimelech <0288> the priest <03548>, The king <04428> hath commanded <06680> (8765) me a business <01697>, and hath said <0559> (8799) unto me, Let no man <0376> know <03045> (8799) any thing <03972> of the business <01697> whereabout I send <07971> (8802) thee, and what I have commanded <06680> (8765) thee: and I have appointed <03045> (8776) my servants <05288> to such <06423> and such <0492> a place <04725> .
3 Now therefore what is <03426> under thine hand <03027>? give <05414> (8798) me five <02568> loaves of bread <03899> in mine hand <03027>, or what there is present <04672> (8737).
4 And the priest <03548> answered <06030> (8799) David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799), There is no common <02455> bread <03899> under mine hand <03027>, but there is <03426> hallowed <06944> bread <03899>; if the young men <05288> have kept <08104> (8738) themselves at least <0389> from women <0802>.
5 And David <01732> answered <06030> (8799) the priest <03548>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Of a truth <0518> women <0802> have been kept <06113> (8803) from us about these three <08032> days <08543>, since I came out <03318> (8800), and the vessels <03627> of the young men <05288> are holy <06944>, and the bread is in a manner <01870> common <02455>, yea, though it were sanctified <06942> (8799) this day <03117> in the vessel <03627>.
6 So the priest <03548> gave <05414> (8799) him hallowed <06944> bread: for there was no bread <03899> there but the shewbread <03899> <06440>, that was taken <05493> (8716) from before <06440> the LORD <03068>, to put <07760> (8800) hot <02527> bread <03899> in the day <03117> when it was taken away <03947> (8736).
7 Now a certain man <0376> of the servants <05650> of Saul <07586> was there that day <03117>, detained <06113> (8737) before <06440> the LORD <03068>; and his name <08034> was Doeg <01673>, an Edomite <0130>, the chiefest <047> of the herdmen <07462> (8802) that belonged to Saul <07586>.
8 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Ahimelech <0288>, And is there <03426> not <0371> here under thine hand <03027> spear <02595> or sword <02719>? for I have neither brought <03947> (8804) my sword <02719> nor my weapons <03627> with me <03027>, because the king's <04428> business <01697> required <01961> (8804) haste <05169> (8803).
9 And the priest <03548> said <0559> (8799), The sword <02719> of Goliath <01555> the Philistine <06430> , whom thou slewest <05221> (8689) in the valley <06010> of Elah <0425>, behold, it is here wrapped <03874> (8803) in a cloth <08071> behind <0310> the ephod <0646>: if thou wilt take <03947> (8799) that, take <03947> (8798) it: for there is no other <0312> save <02108> that here <02088>. And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), There is none like that; give <05414> (8798) it me.
10 # And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and fled <01272> (8799) that day <03117> for fear <06440> of Saul <07586>, and went <0935> (8799) to Achish <0397> the king <04428> of Gath <01661>.
11 And the servants <05650> of Achish <0397> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Is not this David <01732> the king <04428> of the land <0776>? did they not sing <06030> (8799) one to another of him <02088> in dances <04246>, saying <0559> (8800), Saul <07586> hath slain <05221> (8689) his thousands <0505>, and David <01732> his ten thousands <07233>?
12 And David <01732> laid up <07760> (8799) these words <01697> in his heart <03824>, and was sore <03966> afraid <03372> (8799) of <06440> Achish <0397> the king <04428> of Gath <01661>.
13 And he changed <08138> (8762) his behaviour <02940> before <05869> them, and feigned himself mad <01984> (8704) in their hands <03027>, and scrabbled <08427> (8762) on the doors <01817> of the gate <08179>, and let his spittle <07388> fall down <03381> (8686) upon his beard <02206>.
14 Then said <0559> (8799) Achish <0397> unto his servants <05650>, Lo, ye see <07200> (8799) the man <0376> is mad <07696> (8693): wherefore then have ye brought <0935> (8686) him to me?
15 Have I need <02638> of mad men <07696> (8794), that ye have brought <0935> (8689) this fellow to play the mad man <07696> (8692) in my presence? shall this fellow come <0935> (8799) into my house <01004>?