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1 Samuel 21:1-13

21:1

Then came
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David
<01732>

to Nob
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to Ahimelech
<0288>

the priest
<03548>_:

and Ahimelech
<0288>

was afraid
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at the meeting
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of David
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and said
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unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man
<0376>

with thee? {Ahimelech: also called Ahiah}

21:2

And David
<01732>

said
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unto Ahimelech
<0288>

the priest
<03548>_,

The king
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hath commanded
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me a business
<01697>_,

and hath said
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unto me, Let no man
<0376>

know
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any thing
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of the business
<01697>

whereabout I send
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thee, and what I have commanded
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thee: and I have appointed
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[my] servants
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to such
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and such
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a place
<04725>_.

21:3

Now therefore what is
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under thine hand
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give
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[me] five
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[loaves of] bread
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in mine hand
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or what there is present
<04672> (8737)_.

{present: Heb. found}

21:4

And the priest
<03548>

answered
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David
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and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[There is] no common
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bread
<03899>

under mine hand
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but there is
<03426>

hallowed
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bread
<03899>_;

if the young men
<05288>

have kept
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themselves at least
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from women
<0802>_.

21:5

And David
<01732>

answered
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the priest
<03548>_,

and said
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unto him, Of a truth
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women
<0802>

[have been] kept
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from us about these three
<08032>

days
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since I came out
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and the vessels
<03627>

of the young men
<05288>

are holy
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and [the bread is] in a manner
<01870>

common
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yea, though it were sanctified
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this day
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in the vessel
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{yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel}

21:6

So the priest
<03548>

gave
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him hallowed
<06944>

[bread]: for there was no bread
<03899>

there but the shewbread
<03899> <06440>_,

that was taken
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from before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

to put
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hot
<02527>

bread
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in the day
<03117>

when it was taken away
<03947> (8736)_.

21:7

Now a certain man
<0376>

of the servants
<05650>

of Saul
<07586>

[was] there that day
<03117>_,

detained
<06113> (8737)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_;

and his name
<08034>

[was] Doeg
<01673>_,

an Edomite
<0130>_,

the chiefest
<047>

of the herdmen
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that [belonged] to Saul
<07586>_.

21:8

And David
<01732>

said
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unto Ahimelech
<0288>_,

And is there
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not
<0371>

here under thine hand
<03027>

spear
<02595>

or sword
<02719>_?

for I have neither brought
<03947> (8804)

my sword
<02719>

nor my weapons
<03627>

with me
<03027>_,

because the king's
<04428>

business
<01697>

required
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haste
<05169> (8803)_.

21:9

And the priest
<03548>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

The sword
<02719>

of Goliath
<01555>

the Philistine
<06430>_,

whom thou slewest
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in the valley
<06010>

of Elah
<0425>_,

behold, it [is here] wrapped
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in a cloth
<08071>

behind
<0310>

the ephod
<0646>_:

if thou wilt take
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that, take
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[it]: for [there is] no other
<0312>

save
<02108>

that here
<02088>_.

And David
<01732>

said
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[There is] none like that; give
<05414> (8798)

it me.

21:10

And David
<01732>

arose
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and fled
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that day
<03117>

for fear
<06440>

of Saul
<07586>_,

and went
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to Achish
<0397>

the king
<04428>

of Gath
<01661>_.

21:11

And the servants
<05650>

of Achish
<0397>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, [Is] not this David
<01732>

the king
<04428>

of the land
<0776>_?

did they not sing
<06030> (8799)

one to another of him
<02088>

in dances
<04246>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Saul
<07586>

hath slain
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his thousands
<0505>_,

and David
<01732>

his ten thousands
<07233>_?

21:12

And David
<01732>

laid up
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these words
<01697>

in his heart
<03824>_,

and was sore
<03966>

afraid
<03372> (8799)

of
<06440>

Achish
<0397>

the king
<04428>

of Gath
<01661>_.

21:13

And he changed
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his behaviour
<02940>

before
<05869>

them, and feigned himself mad
<01984> (8704)

in their hands
<03027>_,

and scrabbled
<08427> (8762)

on the doors
<01817>

of the gate
<08179>_,

and let his spittle
<07388>

fall down
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upon his beard
<02206>_.

{scrabbled: or, made marks}