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          DASV: 1 Samuel 21    

1 Then David went to Nob, to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek
came trembling to meet David, and asked him, "Why are you alone?
Why is there no one with you?"
2 David answered Ahimelek the priest, "The king has charged me
with a matter, and told me, 'Let no one know anything about the
mission I'm sending you on, or what I have told you. I have
directed the young soldiers to meet at a certain place.'
3 Now do you have anything to eat? Give me five loaves of bread in
my hand, or whatever else you have here."
4 But the priest answered David, "There is no ordinary bread on hand,
only holy bread--you can have it only if the young soldiers have
not recently had sexual relations with women."
5 David answered the priest, "Certainly for the last three days women
have been kept from us as always when I go out on an expedition
even on a common mission the young men's bodies are holy,
how much more today are their vessels holy!"
6 So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread other
than the bread of the Presence that was taken from before the LORD,
in order to replace it with hot bread on the day when it was
taken away.
7 Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before
the LORD. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was chief over Saul's
shepherds.

8 David asked Ahimelek, "Don't you have a spear or sword here?
For I have not brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the
king's business required such haste."
9 The priest replied, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you
killed in the Elah Valley is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod.
If you want it, take it, for that's the only one here." So David said,
"There's none like that one! Give it to me."

10 Then David got up and fled that day from Saul. He went to Achish the
king of Gath.
11 The servants of Achish asked him, "Is this David not king of the
land? Isn't he the one they sing about in their dances, 'Saul has
slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands'?"
12 David ruminated on these words in his heart, for he was very afraid
of Achish king of Gath.
13 So he changed his behavior before them, and pretended like he
was insane since he was under their control. He scratched marks
on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down his beard.
14 Then Achish complained to his servants, "Look, the man is crazy.
Why then did you bring him to me?
15 Do I lack madmen, that you bring this fellow in front of me to act like
the madman? Should this man come into my house?"

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