Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
David came
to Nob, to
Ahimelech the priest .
And when
Ahimelech met
David, he
trembled
and asked
him, “Why
are
you
alone ?
Why
is
no one
with you
? ”
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
? '
“
The king has
given
me a mission
, ”
David
replied.
“
He told
me no one
is
to
know about
the mission
or
charge.
And I have directed
my
young men to meet
me
at a certain
place .
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 ;
Now then
, what do
you
have
on
hand? Give
me
five loaves of
bread
, or whatever
can
be
found. ”
and
now, what is
there
under
thy
hand? five loaves give
into
my
hand
, or that
which
is
found. '
“
There is no common bread on
hand, ”
the
priest
replied,
“
but there is some
consecrated
bread —provided
that
the young
men
have kept themselves
from women. ”
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. '
David answered
, “
Women have indeed
been kept
from us ,
as is
usual
when
I
set
out .
And
the equipment
of the young men is
holy, as
it is even
on
common missions,
and all
the more
at
this
time
. ”
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
. '
So
the priest gave
him the consecrated
bread
, since
there was no bread there but
the Bread of the Presence ,
which had
been
removed
from before
the LORD
and
replaced
with
hot bread on
the day it
was
taken away.
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.
Now
one
of Saul’s
servants was
there
that day ,
detained before the
LORD.
And his name was
Doeg the Edomite, the
chief shepherd
for
Saul.
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
.
Then
David asked
Ahimelech, “
Is there not a
spear or sword on
hand
here
? For I
have
brought
neither my sword nor my weapons
with
me
, because
the king’s
business
was urgent. ”
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. '
The priest replied
, “
The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you
killed
in the Valley of Elah, is
here;
it is wrapped
in a cloth
behind the ephod .
If you
want
, you
may
take it.
For there is no
other but
this one
. ”
And David said
, “
There is none like it ;
give it to me. ”
And
the priest saith
, `
The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou
didst
smite
in the valley of Elah, lo,
it is wrapt
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. '
That day David
fled
from Saul and went
to
Achish king of Gath .
And
David
riseth
and
fleeth
on
that day from the
face
of
Saul ,
and cometh
in
unto
Achish king of Gath ;
But
the servants of Achish said
to
him, “
Is this
not David ,
the
king of the land? Did
they
not sing about
him
in their
dances, saying :
‘
Saul has
slain
his thousands, and David his tens
of
thousands’
? ”
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
? '
Now
David took
these words to
heart and was
very
much
afraid of Achish
the king of Gath .
And
David layeth
these words in
his
heart ,
and is
exceedingly
afraid of the face
of
Achish
king of Gath ,
So
he
changed
his behavior
before them
and feigned
madness
in their hands;
he
scratched
on the doors of the gate and let
his
saliva
run
down his beard.
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.
Then
Achish said
to
his servants, “Look
, you
can
see that
the
man is
insane!
Why have
you
brought
him to
me?
And
Achish saith
unto
his servants, `Lo
, ye
see a
man acting
as
a
madman;
why do
ye
bring
him in
unto
me?
Am
I
in
need
of madmen, that you
have brought this man
to rave
in
my
presence?
Must
this man
come into
my house? ”
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? '
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