21:1 And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech
the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why
[art] thou alone, and nobody with thee?
21:2 And David said to the priest, The king gave me a command to-day, and
said to me, Let no one know the matter on which I send thee, an concerning
which I have charged thee: and I have charged my servants [to be] in the
place that is called, The faithfulness of Elohim, phellani maemoni.
21:3 And now if there are under thy hand five loaves, give into my hand what
is ready.
21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There are no common loaves
under my hand, for I have none but holy loaves: if the young men have been
kept at least from women, then they shall eat [them].
21:5 And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept
from women for three day: when I came forth for the journey all the young
men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be
sanctified this day because of my weapons.
21:6 So Abimelech the priest gave him the shewbread; for there were no
loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the
presence of Yehovah, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day
on which he took them.
21:7 And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants detained before
Yehovah, and his name [was] Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.
21:8 And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under thy hand spear
or sword, for I have not brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the
word of the king was urgent.
21:9 And the priest said, Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom
thou smotest in the valley of Ela; and it is wrapped in a cloth: if thou
wilt take it, take it for thyself, for there is no other except it here. And
David said, Behold, there is none like it; give it me.
21:10 And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from he
presence of Saul: and David came to Anchus king of Geth.
21:11 And the servants of Anchus said to him, [Is] not this David the king
of the land? Did not the dancing women begin the son to him, saying, Saul
has smitten his thousand, and David his ten thousands?
21:12 And David laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of
Anchus king of Geth.
21:13 And he changed his appearance before him, and feigned himself a false
character in that day; and drummed upon the doors of the city, and used
extravagant gestures with his hands, and fell against the doors of the gate,
and his spittle ran down upon his beard.
21:14 And Anchus said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man [is] mad: why have
ye brought him in to me?
21:15 [Am] I in want of madmen, that ye have brought him in to me to play
the madman? He shall not come into the house. |
21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the
priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him,
Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a
business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business
whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed
my servants to such and such a place.
21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in
mine hand, or what there is present.
21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under
mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept
themselves at least from women.
21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have
been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels
of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though
it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but
the showbread, that was taken from before Yehovah, to put hot bread in the
day when it was taken away.
21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained
before Yehovah; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the
herdmen that belonged to Saul.
21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand
spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me,
because the king's business required haste.
21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind
the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that
here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish
the king of Gath.
21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king
of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of
Achish the king of Gath.
21:13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in
their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle
fall down upon his beard.
21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the
mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house? |