V.1 Then came 935-4 David 1732 to Nob 5011 to Ahimelech 288 the priest: 3548 and Ahimelech 288 was afraid 2729-4 at the meeting 7125-2 of David, 1732 and said 559-4 unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man 376 with thee?

21:2 And David 1732 said 559-4 unto Ahimelech 288 the priest, 3548 The king 4428 hath commanded 6680-14 me a business, 1697 and hath said 559-4 unto me, Let no man 376 know 3045-4 any thing 3972 of the business 1697 whereabout I send 7971-6 thee, and what I have commanded 6680-14 thee: and I have appointed 3045-19 [my] servants 5288 to such 6423 and such 492 a place. 4725

21:3 Now therefore what is 3426 under thine hand? 3027 give 5414-3 [me] five 2568 [loaves of] bread 3899 in mine hand, 3027 or what there is present. 4672-12

21:4 And the priest 3548 answered 6030-4 David, 1732 and said, 559-4 [There is] no common 2455 bread 3899 under mine hand, 3027 but there is 3426 hallowed 6944 bread; 3899 if the young men 5288 have kept 8104-8 themselves at least 389 from women. 802

21:5 And David 1732 answered 6030-4 the priest, 3548 and said 559-4 unto him, Of a truth 518 women 802 [have been] kept 6113-7 from us about these three 8032 days, 8543 since I came out, 3318-2 and the vessels 3627 of the young men 5288 are holy, 6944 and [the bread is] in a manner 1870 common, 2455 yea, though it were sanctified 6942-4 this day 3117 in the vessel. 3627

21:6 So the priest 3548 gave 5414-4 him hallowed 6944 [bread]: for there was no bread 3899 there but the shewbread, 3899 6440 that was taken from 5493-94 before 6440 the LORD, 3068 to put 7760-2 hot 2527 bread 3899 in the day 3117 when it was taken away. 3947-9

21:7 Now a certain man 376 of the servants 5650 of Saul 7586 [was] there that day, 3117 detained 6113-12 before 6440 the LORD; 3068 and his name 8034 [was] Doeg, 1673 an Edomite, 130 the chiefest 47 of the herdmen 7462-6 that [belonged] to Saul. 7586

21:8 And David 1732 said 559-4 unto Ahimelech, 288 And is there 3426 not 371 here under thine hand 3027 spear 2595 or sword? 2719 for I have neither brought 3947-1 my sword 2719 nor my weapons 3627 with me, 3027 because the king's 4428 business 1697 required 1961-1 haste. 5169-7

21:9 And the priest 3548 said, 559-4 The sword 2719 of Goliath 1555 the Philistine, 6430 whom thou slewest 5221-52 in the valley 6010 of Elah, 425 behold, it [is here] wrapped 3874-7 in a cloth 8071 behind 310 the ephod: 646 if thou wilt take 3947-4 that, take 3947-3 [it]: for [there is] no other 312 save 2108 that here. 2088 And David 1732 said, 559-4 [There is] none like that; give 5414-3 it me.

21:10 And David 1732 arose, 6965-4 and fled 1272-4 that day 3117 for fear 6440 of Saul, 7586 and went 935-4 to Achish 397 the king 4428 of Gath. 1661

21:11 And the servants 5650 of Achish 397 said 559-4 unto him, [Is] not this David 1732 the king 4428 of the land? 776 did they not sing 6030-4 one to another of him 2088 in dances, 4246 saying, 559-2 Saul 7586 hath slain 5221-52 his thousands, 505 and David 1732 his ten thousands? 7233

21:12 And David 1732 laid up 7760-4 these words 1697 in his heart, 3824 and was sore 3966 afraid 3372-4 of 6440 Achish 397 the king 4428 of Gath. 1661

21:13 And he changed 8138-17 his behaviour 2940 before 5869 them, and feigned himself mad 1984-108 in their hands, 3027 and scrabbled 8427-17 on the doors 1817 of the gate, 8179 and let his spittle 7388 fall down 3381-55 upon his beard. 2206

21:14 Then said 559-4 Achish 397 unto his servants, 5650 Lo, ye see 7200-4 the man 376 is mad: 7696-102 wherefore [then] have ye brought 935-55 him to me?