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Chapter 21
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?
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.
3
Now
therefore
what
is
under
thine
hand?
give
me
five
loaves
of
bread
in
mine
hand,
or
what
there
is
present.
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.
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.
6
So
the
priest
gave
him
hallowed
bread:
for
there
was
no
bread
there
but
the
shewbread,
that
was
taken
from
before
the
Lord,
to
put
hot
bread
in
the
day
when
it
was
taken
away.
7
Now
a
certain
man
of
the
servants
of
Saul
was
there
that
day,
detained
before
the
Lord;
and
his
name
was
Doeg,
an
Edomite,
the
chiefest
of
the
herdmen
that
belonged
to
Saul.
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.
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.
10
And
David
arose,
and
fled
that
day
for
fear
of
Saul,
and
went
to
Achish
the
king
of
Gath.
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?
12
And
David
laid
up
these
words
in
his
heart,
and
was
sore
afraid
of
Achish
the
king
of
Gath.
13
And
he
changed
his
behaviour
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.
14
Then
said
Achish
unto
his
servants,
Lo,
ye
see
the
man
is
mad:
wherefore
then
have
ye
brought
him
to
me?
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?
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