Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
David cometh
in
to Nob ,
unto
Ahimelech the priest ,
and Ahimelech trembleth
at meeting David, and saith
to
him, `Wherefore
`
art '
thou thyself
alone, and no man with thee? '
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?
And David saith
to
Ahimelech the priest, `
The king hath commanded me a matter
, and he
saith
unto me, Let no man know anything
of the matter
about
which
I am
sending
thee, and which
I have commanded thee ;
and the
young
men
I have caused
to know
at
such and such a place ;
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 .
and
now ,
what is there
under thy
hand? five loaves give
into
my
hand, or that
which
is found
. '
Now therefore
what is under thine
hand? give
me
five loaves of
bread
in
mine
hand, or what
there
is present
.
And the priest answereth
David, and saith
, `
There is no common bread under my
hand, but there is holy
bread; if the youths
have been
kept only
from women. '
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.
And David answereth
the priest, and saith
to
him, `Surely,
if
women have been restrained
from us as
heretofore
in
my
going
out, then
the vessels of the young men are holy, and it
`
is '
a common way:
and
also
, surely
to-day
it is
sanctified in the vessel. '
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.
And
the priest giveth
to
him the
holy
thing,
for there was no bread there except
the
bread
of
the Presence
which
is
turned
aside
from the presence
of
Jehovah
to put hot bread in the day of
its
being
taken away.
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.
And
there
`is'
a man of the servants of Saul on
that day detained before Jehovah,
and his name `is'
Doeg the
Edomite, chief
of the shepherds
whom
Saul hath
.
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.
And David saith
to
Ahimelech, `
And is there not here under thy
hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels
have
I
taken
in
my
hand
, for
the
matter
of
the king
was
urgent
. '
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
.
And the priest saith
, `
The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst
smite
in the valley of Elah, lo
, it is wrapt
in a garment
behind the ephod ,
if it
thou dost
take to
thyself
, take ;
for there is none
other save it
in
this
`place'
. '
And David saith
, `
There is none like it
--
give it to
me. '
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.
And David riseth
and fleeth
on
that day from
the
face
of Saul, and cometh
in
unto
Achish king of Gath ;
And David arose
and fled
that day for
fear
of Saul, and went
to
Achish the
king of Gath .
and the servants of Achish say
unto him, `
Is not this David king of the land? is
it
not
of
this
one
they sing in dances, saying, `
Saul smote
among
his thousands, and David among
his myriads
? '
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
?
And David layeth
these words in his heart, and is
exceedingly
afraid of the
face
of
Achish king of Gath ,
And David laid
up
these words in his heart, and was
sore
afraid of Achish the
king of Gath .
and changeth
his behaviour
before their
eyes
, and feigneth
himself mad in their hand
, and scribbleth
on the doors of the gate, and letteth
down
his spittle unto
his beard.
And he
changed
his behavior
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.
And
Achish saith
unto his servants, `
Lo, ye see a
man acting
as
a
madman;
why
do
ye bring
him in
unto
me?
Then
said
Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the
man is
mad:
wherefore
then
have
ye brought
him to
me?
A
lack
of
madmen
`
have '
I, that ye have brought in
this one
to act
as
a
madman
by
me!
doth
this one
come in
unto
my house? '
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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