1 Then came H935 VQPMS David H1732 to Nob H5011 to H413 Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548 : and Ahimelech H288 was afraid H2729 at the meeting H7125 of David H1732 , and said H559 unto him , Why H4069 art thou H859 alone H905 , and no H369 man H376 with H854 thee ?
2 And David H1732 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548 , The king H4428 hath commanded H6680 me a business H1697 , and hath said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP me , Let no H408 man H376 W-NMS know H3045 any thing H3972 of the business H1697 whereabout H834 I H595 send H7971 thee , and what H834 I have commanded H6680 thee : and I have appointed H3045 my servants H5288 to H413 PREP such H6423 and such H492 a place H4725 .
3 Now H6258 therefore what H4100 is H3426 under H8478 thine hand H3027 ? give H5414 me five H2568 loaves of bread H3899 in mine hand H3027 , or H176 what there is present H4672 .
4 And the priest H3548 answered H6030 David H1732 , and said H559 , There is no H369 common H2455 bread H3899 NMS under H413 mine hand H3027 CFS-2MS , but H518 there is H3426 hallowed H6944 bread H3899 NMS ; if H518 the young men H5288 have kept themselves H8104 at least H389 from women H802 .
5 And David H1732 MMS answered H6030 W-VQY3MS the priest H3548 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Of PART a truth women H802 have been kept H6113 from us about these three H8032 days H8543 , since I came out H3318 , and the vessels H3627 of the young men H5288 D-NMP are holy H6944 , and the bread is in a manner H1870 common H2455 , yea H637 , though H3588 CONJ it were sanctified H6942 this day H3117 in the vessel H3627 .
6 So the priest H3548 gave H5414 him hallowed H6944 bread : for H3588 CONJ there was H1961 W-VQY3MP no H3808 bread H3899 there H8033 but H518 PART the shewbread H3899 , that was taken H5493 from before H6440 the LORD H3068 , to put H7760 hot H2527 bread H3899 in the day H3117 D-AMS when it was taken away H3947 .
7 Now a certain man H376 of the servants H5650 of Saul H7586 was there H8033 ADV that H1931 day H3117 B-NMS , detained H6113 before H6440 the LORD H3068 EDS ; and his name H8034 was Doeg H1673 , an Edomite H130 , the chiefest H47 of the herdsmen H7462 that H834 belonged to Saul H7586 .
8 And David H1732 said H559 unto Ahimelech H288 , And is there H3426 not H371 here H6311 under H8478 thine hand H3027 spear H2595 or H176 sword H2719 ? for H3588 I have neither H1571 brought H3947 my sword H2719 nor H1571 my weapons H3627 with H3027 me , because H3588 the king H4428 \'s business H1697 required H1961 haste H5169 .
9 And the priest H3548 said H559 W-VQY3MS , The sword H2719 NFS of Goliath H1555 the Philistine H6430 , whom H834 thou slewest H5221 in the valley H6010 of Elah H425 , behold H2009 , it H1931 is here wrapped H3874 in a cloth H8071 behind H310 the ephod H646 : if H518 thou wilt take H3947 that , take H3947 it : for H3588 CONJ there is no H369 other H312 save H2108 that here H2088 . And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , There is none H369 like that ; give H5414 it me .
10 And David H1732 MMS arose H6965 , and fled H1272 that H1931 PPRO-3FS day H3117 for fear of Saul H7586 , and went H935 to H413 Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath H1661 .
11 And the servants H5650 of Achish H397 said H559 unto H413 PREP him , Is not H3808 this H2088 David H1732 MMS the king H4428 NMS of the land H776 ? did they not H3808 sing one to another H6030 of him H2088 in dances H4246 , saying H559 , Saul H7586 hath slain H5221 his thousands H505 , and David H1732 MMS his ten thousands H7233 ?
12 And David H1732 laid up H7760 these H428 words H1697 in his heart H3824 , and was sore H3966 afraid H3372 of Achish H397 the king H4428 NMS of Gath H1661 .
13 And he changed H8138 his behavior H2940 before H5869 them , and feigned himself mad H1984 in their hands H3027 , and scrabbled H8427 on H5921 the doors H1817 of the gate H8179 , and let his spittle H7388 fall down H3381 upon H413 his beard H2206 .
14 Then said H559 Achish H397 unto H413 PREP his servants H5650 , Lo H2009 , ye see H7200 the man H376 is mad H7696 : wherefore H4100 then have ye brought H935 him to H413 PREP me ?
15 Have I H589 PPRO-1MS need H2638 JMS of mad men H7696 , that H3588 CONJ ye have brought H935 this H2088 DPRO fellow to play the mad man H7696 in my presence H5921 ? shall this H2088 fellow come H935 into H413 PREP my house H1004 ?