1Samuel:21

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* And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest : and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him , and said to him , Why art thou alone , and nobody with thee ? * And David said to the priest , The king gave me a command to-day , and said to me , Let no one know the matter on which I send thee , and concerning which I have charged thee : and I have charged my servants to be in the place that is called , (note :)This is another instance of double translation , Mwqm suggesting probably both the idea of place and faithfulness (:note ) The faithfulness of God , Phellani maemoni , a corruption of ynmla ynlp phellani maemoni . * And now if there are under thy hand five loaves , give into my hand what is ready . * And the priest answered David , and said , There are no common loaves under my hand , for I have none but holy loaves : if the young men have been kept at least from women , then they shall eat them . * And David answered the priest , and said to him , Yea , we have been kept from women for three days : when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified ; but this expedition is unclean , wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons . * So Abimelech the priest gave him the shewbread ; for there were no loaves there , but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord , in order that hot bread should be set on , on the day on which he took them . * And there was there on that day one of Saul ’s servants (note :)The word neessaran is another repetition ; Hebrews . ruen (:note ) detained before the Lord , and his name was Doec the Syrian , tending the mules of Saul . * And David said to Abimelech , See if there is here under thy hand spear or sword , for I have not (note :)Gr . taken (:note ) brought in my hand my sword or my weapons , for the word of the king was urgent . * And the priest said , Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine , whom thou smotest in the valley of Ela ; and it is wrapt in a (note :)Alex . +behind the ephod (or shoulder-piece ) —so the Hebrews .(:note ) cloth : if thou wilt take it , take it for thyself , for there is no other except it here . And David said , Behold , there is none like it ; give it me . * And he gave it him ; and David arose , and fled in that day from the presence of Saul : and David came to Anchus king of Geth . * And the servants of Anchus said to him , Is not this David the king of the land ? Did not the dancing women begin the song to him , saying , Saul has smitten his thousand , and David his ten thousands ? * And David (note :)Gr . put (:note ) laid up the words in his heart , and was greatly afraid of Anchus king of Geth . * And he changed his appearance before him , and feigned himself a false character in that day ; and drummed upon the doors of the city , and used extravagant gestures with his hands , and fell against the doors of the gate , and his spittle ran down upon his beard . * And Anchus said to his servants , Lo ! ye see the man is (note :)Gr . or man epileptic (:note ) mad : why have ye brought him in to me ? * Am I in want of madmen , that ye have brought him in to me to play the madman ? He shall not come into the house .

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