David Asks the Priest for Bread |
1 Samuel 21:1-15 The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, David came to Nob to Ahimelech, the priest, [who] was afraid [about] meeting [with] David, & said to [David,] Why [are] you alone, & no man is with you? |
And David said, The king [has] commanded me [on] business, & [has] said to me, [Don’t] let [anyone] know anything [about] the business [that] I send you [on] & what I have commanded you. And I have [directed] my servants to [go to] such & such a place. |
Therefore, what is under your [control] [to eat] now? Give me 5 loaves of bread in [my] hand, or what [currently] is there. The priest answered David, & said, Under [my control,] there [isn’t any] common bread, but there is [some] [holy] bread, if the young men have at least [abstained] from women. |
And David answered the priest, [Truthfully,] women have been kept from us these 3 days, since I [left,] & the [men’s bodies] are holy. [Yes, although] the bread [was] sanctified [today,] in the vessel, [the bread] is in a manner [considered] common. |
So, the priest gave [David holy] bread, for there [wasn’t any] bread there, [except] the [show bread,] that [had been] taken from before the Lord, to put in [fresh] hot bread [on] the day [the other bread] was taken away. |
Now a [particular] man of [Saul’s] servants was there that day, [named] Doeg, an Edomite, the [lead] herdsman [of] Saul, [who had been] detained before the Lord. David said to Ahimelech, Isn’t there [a] spear or a sword here under your [control?] |
For, I [haven’t] brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required [me to] [hurry.] The priest said, The sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you [killed] in the Valley of Elah is here. [Look,] it is wrapped in cloth behind the ephod. |
[1 Samuel 2:28 And [didn’t] I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon [My] altar, to burn incense & to wear an ephod before Me? And [didn’t] I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children [people] of Israel?] |
If you [want, you may] take that, for there is no other, [except] [what is] here. David said, There is none like [it,] give it [to] me. And [David rose] & fled that day for fear of Saul, & went to Achish, [Gath’s] king. [Achish’s] servants said to him, Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another [about] him in dances, saying, Saul [has killed] 1,000’s & David 10,000’s? |
And David [stored] up these words in his heart, & was [very] afraid of king Achish. And [David] changed his behavior [in front of] them, & [pretended] [to be] [crazy,] & [drooled] on the doors of the gate, & let [spit dribble] down upon his beard. |
Then, Achish said to his servants, [Look,] you see [that] man is [insane.] [Why] then, have you brought him to me? [Do] I have [any] need of [an insane man,] that you have brought this fellow into my presence? Shall this [insane] fellow come into my house? |