09_1SA_21_01 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 ?
09_1SA_21_02 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 .
09_1SA_21_03 now therefore what Is under thine hand ? give [ me ] five [ loaves of ] bread in mine hand , or what there Is present .
09_1SA_21_04 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 .
09_1SA_21_05 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 .
09_1SA_21_06 So the priest gave him hallowed [ bread ] : for there was no bread there but the showbread , that was taken from before the LORD , to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away .
09_1SA_21_07 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 .
09_1SA_21_08 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 .
09_1SA_21_09 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 .
09_1SA_21_10 And David arose , And fled that day for Fear of Saul , And went to Achish the king of Gath .
09_1SA_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 ?
09_1SA_21_12 And David laid up These words in his heart , And was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath .
09_1SA_21_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 .
09_1SA_21_14 Then said Achish unto his servants , Lo , ye see the man Is mad : Wherefore [ Then ] have ye brought him to me ?
09_1SA_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 ?