1 Then came 935 David 1732 to Nob 5011 to Ahimelech 288 the priest 3548: and Ahimelech 288 was afraid 2729 at the meeting 7125 of David 1732, and said 559 unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man 376 with thee?
2 And David 1732 said 559 unto Ahimelech 288 the priest 3548, The king 4428 hath commanded 6680 me a business 1697, and hath said 559 unto me, Let no man 376 know 3045 any thing 3972 of the business 1697 whereabout I send 7971 thee, and what I have commanded 6680 thee: and I have appointed 3045 my servants 5288 to such 6423 and such 492 a place 4725.
3 Now therefore what is 3426 under thine hand 3027? give 5414 me five 2568 loaves of bread 3899 in mine hand 3027, or what there is present 4672.
4 And the priest 3548 answered 6030 David 1732, and said 559, There is no common 2455 bread 3899 under mine hand 3027, but there is 3426 hallowed 6944 bread 3899; if the young men 5288 have kept 8104 themselves at least 389 from women 802.
5 And David 1732 answered 6030 the priest 3548, and said 559 unto him, Of a truth 518 women 802 have been kept 6113 from us about these three 8032 days 8543, since I came out 3318, and the vessels 3627 of the young men 5288 are holy 6944, and the bread is in a manner 1870 common 2455, yea, though it were sanctified 6942 this day 3117 in the vessel 3627.
6 So the priest 3548 gave 5414 him hallowed 6944 bread: for there was no bread 3899 there but the shewbread 3899 6440, that was taken 5493 from before 6440 the LORD 3068, to put 7760 hot 2527 bread 3899 in the day 3117 when it was taken away 3947.
7 Now a certain man 376 of the servants 5650 of Saul 7586 was there that day 3117, detained 6113 before 6440 the LORD 3068; and his name 8034 was Doeg 1673, an Edomite 130, the chiefest 47 of the herdmen 7462 that belonged to Saul 7586.
8 And David 1732 said 559 unto Ahimelech 288, And is there 3426 not 371 here under thine hand 3027 spear 2595 or sword 2719? for I have neither brought 3947 my sword 2719 nor my weapons 3627 with me 3027, because the king's 4428 business 1697 required 1961 haste 5169.
9 And the priest 3548 said 559, The sword 2719 of Goliath 1555 the Philistine 6430, whom thou slewest 5221 in the valley 6010 of Elah 425, behold, it is here wrapped 3874 in a cloth 8071 behind 310 the ephod 646: if thou wilt take 3947 that, take 3947 it: for there is no other 312 save 2108 that here 2088. And David 1732 said 559, There is none like that; give 5414 it me.
10 And David 1732 arose 6965, and fled 1272 that day 3117 for fear 6440 of Saul 7586, and went 935 to Achish 397 the king 4428 of Gath 1661.
11 And the servants 5650 of Achish 397 said 559 unto him, Is not this David 1732 the king 4428 of the land 776? did they not sing 6030 one to another of him 2088 in dances 4246, saying 559, Saul 7586 hath slain 5221 his thousands 505, and David 1732 his ten thousands 7233?
12 And David 1732 laid up 7760 these words 1697 in his heart 3824, and was sore 3966 afraid 3372 of 6440 Achish 397 the king 4428 of Gath 1661.
13 And he changed 8138 his behaviour 2940 before 5869 them, and feigned himself mad 1984 in their hands 3027, and scrabbled 8427 on the doors 1817 of the gate 8179, and let his spittle 7388 fall down 3381 upon his beard 2206.
14 Then said 559 Achish 397 unto his servants 5650, Lo, ye see 7200 the man 376 is mad 7696: wherefore then have ye brought 935 him to me?
15 Have I need 2638 of mad men 7696, that ye have brought 935 this fellow to play the mad man 7696 in my presence? shall this fellow come 935 into my house 1004?