| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. |
The First |
| Book of Samuel | | Otherwise Called, The First Book of the Kings |
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David Flees from Saul |
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Then came David to Nob to Ahim'elech the priest: Mt. 12.3, 4 · Mk. 2.25, 26 · Lk. 6.3 and Ahim'elech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
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And David said unto Ahim'elech 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.
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Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
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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.
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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.
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So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, Lev. 24.5-9 that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
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¶ Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Do'eg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
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¶ And David said unto Ahim'elech, 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.
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And the priest said, The sword of Goli'ath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, 1 Sam. 17.51 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.
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¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
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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,
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Saul hath slain his thousands, |
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and David his ten thousands 1 Sam. 18.7 ; 29.5 ? |
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And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. Ps. 56.1--0.1
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And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, Ps. 34.1--0.1 and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
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Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
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Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
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