1 Samuel 21

Then came David to aNob to bAhimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, cThe king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is ehallowed bread; dif the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the fvessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day gin the vessel. 6 So the priest hgave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, ithat was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was jDoeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, kbehold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And lthe servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, mSaul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And nhe changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

1 Samuel 22

 
Cross Ref
1 a 1 Sam 22:19
Neh 11:32
Isa 10:32
 b 1 Sam 14:3
2 c Gen 27:20-24
1 Sam 19:11
Psa 119:29
Pro 29:25
Gal 2:12-13
Col 3:9
4 d Zec 7:3
Exo 19:15
 e Mat 12:4
Lev 24:5
Exo 25:30
5 f 1 The 4:4
 g Lev 8:26
6 h Mat 12:3
Mar 2:25
Luk 6:3
 i Lev 24:8
7 j 1 Sam 22:9
Psa 52:1
9 k 1 Sam 31:10
11 l Psa 56:1
 m 1 Sam 18:7
13 n Psa 34:1