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1. David went to Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech shook with fear when he saw David, and he asked, "Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?"
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1. Then came H935 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?
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2. David answered him, "The king gave me a special order. He told me, 'No one must know what I am sending you to do or what I told you to do.' I told my men where to meet me.
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2. And David H1732 said H559 unto Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548 , The king H4428 hath commanded H6680 me a business H1697 , and hath said H559 unto H413 me , Let no H408 man H376 know H3045 any thing H3972 of H853 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 such H6423 and such H492 a place H4725 .
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3. Now, what food do you have with you? Give me five loaves of bread or anything you find."
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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 .
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4. The priest said to David, "I don't have any plain bread here, but I do have some holy bread. You may eat it if your men have kept themselves from women."
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4. And the priest H3548 answered H6030 H853 David H1732 , and said H559 , There is no H369 common H2455 bread H3899 under H413 H8478 mine hand H3027 , but H3588 H518 there is H3426 hallowed H6944 bread H3899 ; if H518 the young men H5288 have kept themselves H8104 at least H389 from women H4480 H802 .
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5. David answered, "No women have been near us for days. My men always keep themselves holy, even when we do ordinary work. And this is especially true when the work is holy."
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5. And David H1732 answered H6030 H853 the priest H3548 , and said H559 unto him, Of H3588 H518 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 are holy H6944 , and the bread is in a manner H1870 common H2455 , yea H637 , though H3588 it were sanctified H6942 this day H3117 in the vessel H3627 .
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6. So the priest gave David the holy bread from the presence of God because there was no other. Each day the holy bread was replaced with hot bread.
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6. So the priest H3548 gave H5414 him hallowed H6944 bread : for H3588 there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 there H8033 but H3588 H518 the shewbread H3899 H6440 , that was taken H5493 from before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 , to put H7760 hot H2527 bread H3899 in the day H3117 when it was taken away H3947 .
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7. One of Saul's servants happened to be there that day. He had been held there before the Lord. He was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds.
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7. Now a certain man H376 of the servants H4480 H5650 of Saul H7586 was there H8033 that H1931 day H3117 , detained H6113 before H6440 the LORD H3068 ; and his name H8034 was Doeg H1673 , an Edomite H130 , the chiefest H47 of the herdsmen H7462 that H834 belonged to Saul H7586 .
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8. David asked Ahimelech, "Do you have a spear or sword here? The king's business was very important, so I left without my sword or any other weapon."
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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 H3808 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 .
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9. The priest answered, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, the one you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here. It is wrapped in a cloth behind the holy vest. If you want it, you may take it. There's no other sword here but that one." David said, "There is no other sword like it. Give it to me."
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9. And the priest H3548 said H559 , The sword H2719 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 there is no H369 other H312 save H2108 that here H2088 . And David H1732 said H559 , There is none H369 like that; give H5414 it me.
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10. That day David ran away from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
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10. And David H1732 arose H6965 , and fled H1272 that H1931 day H3117 for fear of H4480 H6440 Saul H7586 , and went H935 to H413 Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath H1661 .
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11. But the servants of Achish said to him, "This is David, the king of the Israelites. He's the man they dance and sing about, saying: 'Saul has killed thousands of his enemies, but David has killed tens of thousands.'"
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11. And the servants H5650 of Achish H397 said H559 unto H413 him, Is not H3808 this H2088 David H1732 the king H4428 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 his ten thousands H7233 ?
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12. David paid attention to these words and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath.
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12. And David H1732 laid up H7760 H853 these H428 words H1697 in his heart H3824 , and was sore H3966 afraid H3372 of H4480 H6440 Achish H397 the king H4428 of Gath H1661 .
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13. So he pretended to be crazy in front of Achish and his servants. While he was with them, he acted like a madman and clawed on the doors of the gate and let spit run down his beard.
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13. And he changed H8138 H853 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 .
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14. Achish said to his servants, "Look at the man! He's crazy! Why do you bring him to me?
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14. Then said H559 Achish H397 unto H413 his servants H5650 , Lo H2009 , ye see H7200 the man H376 is mad H7696 : wherefore H4100 then have ye brought H935 him to H413 me?
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15. I have enough madmen. I don't need you to bring him here to act like this in front of me! Don't let him in my house!"
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15. Have I H589 need H2638 of mad men H7696 , that H3588 ye have brought H935 H853 this H2088 fellow to play the mad man H7696 in my presence H5921 ? shall this H2088 fellow come H935 into H413 my house H1004 ?
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