1 Samuel 21
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - 1 Samuel 21 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 21:1 Then came0935 David1732 to Nob5011 to Ahimelech0288 the priest3548: and Ahimelech0288 was afraid2729 at the meeting7125 of David1732, and said0559 unto him, Why {art} thou alone, and no man0376 with thee? 21:2 And David1732 said0559 unto Ahimelech0288 the priest3548, The king4428 hath commanded6680 me a business1697, and hath said0559 unto me, Let no man0376 know3045 any thing3972 of the business1697 whereabout I send7971 thee, and what I have commanded6680 thee: and I have appointed3045 {my} servants5288 to such6423 and such0492 a place4725. 21:3 Now therefore what is3426 under thine hand3027? give5414 {me} five2568 {loaves of} bread3899 in mine hand3027, or what there is present4672. 21:4 And the priest3548 answered6030 David1732, and said0559, {There is} no common2455 bread3899 under mine hand3027, but there is3426 hallowed6944 bread3899; if the young men5288 have kept8104 themselves at least0389 from women0802. 21:5 And David1732 answered6030 the priest3548, and said0559 unto him, Of a truth0518 women0802 {have been} kept6113 from us about these three8032 days8543, since I came out3318, and the vessels3627 of the young men5288 are holy6944, and {the bread is} in a manner1870 common2455, yea, though it were sanctified6942 this day3117 in the vessel3627. 21:6 So the priest3548 gave5414 him hallowed6944 {bread}: for there was no bread3899 there but the shewbread3899-6440, that was taken5493 from before6440 the LORD3068, to put7760 hot2527 bread3899 in the day3117 when it was taken away3947. 21:7 Now a certain man0376 of the servants5650 of Saul7586 {was} there that day3117, detained6113 before6440 the LORD3068; and his name8034 {was} Doeg1673, an Edomite0130, the chiefest0047 of the herdmen7462 that {belonged} to Saul7586. 21:8 And David1732 said0559 unto Ahimelech0288, And is there3426 not0371 here under thine hand3027 spear2595 or sword2719? for I have neither brought3947 my sword2719 nor my weapons3627 with me3027, because the king's4428 business1697 required1961 haste5169. 21:9 And the priest3548 said0559, The sword2719 of Goliath1555 the Philistine6430, whom thou slewest5221 in the valley6010 of Elah0425, behold, it {is here} wrapped3874 in a cloth8071 behind0310 the ephod0646: if thou wilt take3947 that, take3947 {it}: for {there is} no other0312 save2108 that here2088. And David1732 said0559, {There is} none like that; give5414 it me. 21:10 And David1732 arose6965, and fled1272 that day3117 for fear6440 of Saul7586, and went0935 to Achish0397 the king4428 of Gath1661. 21:11 And the servants5650 of Achish0397 said0559 unto him, {Is} not this David1732 the king4428 of the land0776? did they not sing6030 one to another of him2088 in dances4246, saying0559, Saul7586 hath slain5221 his thousands0505, and David1732 his ten thousands7233? 21:12 And David1732 laid up7760 these words1697 in his heart3824, and was sore3966 afraid3372 of6440 Achish0397 the king4428 of Gath1661. 21:13 And he changed8138 his behaviour2940 before5869 them, and feigned himself mad1984 in their hands3027, and scrabbled8427 on the doors1817 of the gate8179, and let his spittle7388 fall down3381 upon his beard2206. 21:14 Then said0559 Achish0397 unto his servants5650, Lo, ye see7200 the man0376 is mad7696: wherefore {then} have ye brought0935 him to me? 21:15 Have I need2638 of mad men7696, that ye have brought0935 this {fellow} to play the mad man7696 in my presence? shall this {fellow} come0935 into my house1004? 21:16 David1732 therefore departed3212 thence, and escaped4422 to the cave4631 Adullam5725: and when his brethren0251 and all his father's0001 house1004 heard8085 {it}, they went down3381 thither to him.