1 Samuel 21 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

David Takes Consecrated Bread

Then David^H1732 came^H935 to Nob^H5011, to Ahimelech^H288 the priest^H3548; and Ahimelech^H288 came^H2729 trembling^H2729 to meet^H7122 David^H1732 and said^H559 to him, “Why^H4069 are you alone^H905, and no^H369 one^H376 with you?”

1Sa 21:2

1Sa 21:2David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’

1Sa 21:3

1Sa 21:3“Now then, what [fn]do you have on hand? Give [fn]me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

1Sa 21:4

1Sa 21:4The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread [fn]on hand, but there is consecrated bread, if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1Sa 21:5

1Sa 21:5David answered the priest and said to him, “Be assured, women have been denied to us as previously when I left and the [fn]bodies of the young men were consecrated, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then will [fn]their bodies be consecrated today?”

1Sa 21:6

1Sa 21:6So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which was removed from its place before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day it was taken away.

1Sa 21:7

Now one^H376 of the servants^H5650 of Saul^H7586 was there^H8033 that day^H3117, detained^H6113 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068; and his name^H8034 was Doeg^H1673 the Edomite^H130, the chief^H47 of Saul’s^H7586 shepherds^H7462.

1Sa 21:8

David^H1732 said^H559 to Ahimelech^H288, “Now is^H3426 there^H3426 no^H371 spear^H2595 or^H176 sword^H2719 [fn]on hand^H3027? For I brought^H3947 neither^H1571^H3808 my sword^H2719 nor^H1571 my weapons^H3627 [fn]with me, because^H3588 the king’s^H4428 matter^H1697 was urgent^H5169.”

1Sa 21:9

1Sa 21:9Then the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you [fn]killed in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

1Sa 21:10

Then David^H1732 set^H6965 out^H6965 and fled^H1272 that day^H3117 from Saul^H7586, and went^H935 to Achish^H397 king^H4428 of Gath^H1661.

1Sa 21:11

1Sa 21:11But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying,

‘Saul^H7586 has slain^H5221 his thousands^H505,

And David^H1732 his ten^H7233 thousands^H7233’?”

1Sa 21:12

David^H1732 took^H7760 these^H428 words^H1697 [fn]to heart^H3824 and greatly^H3966 feared^H3372 Achish^H397 king^H4428 of Gath^H1661.

1Sa 21:13

1Sa 21:13So he disguised his sanity while in their sight and acted insanely in their [fn]custody, and he scribbled on the doors of the gate, and drooled on his beard.

1Sa 21:14

1Sa 21:14Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is behaving like an insane person. Why do you bring him to me?

1Sa 21:15

1Sa 21:15“Do I lack insane people, that you have brought this one to behave like an insane person in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”

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NASB20 Footnotes

(21:3)

Lit is there under your hand?

Lit into my hand

Lit under my hand

Lit vessels

Lit it be holy in the vessel

(21:8)

Lit under your hand

Lit in my hand

Lit struck

Lit in his

Lit hand

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David Takes Consecrated Bread

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