<vn='1'>Then <sn="935">came</s><sn="1732">David</s> to <sn="5011">Nob</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="288">Ahimelech</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>: and <sn="288">Ahimelech</s> was <sn="2729">afraid</s> at the <sn="7125">meeting</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4069">Why</s> art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="905">alone</s>, and <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="854">with</s> thee? </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="288">Ahimelech</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, The <sn="4428">king</s> hath <sn="6680">commanded</s> me a <sn="1697">business</s>, and hath <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, Let <sn="408">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3045">know</s> any <sn="3972">thing</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">business</s><sn="834">whereabout</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="7971">send</s> thee, and <sn="834">what</s> I have <sn="6680">commanded</s> thee: and I have <sn="3045">appointed</s> my <sn="5288">servants</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6423">such</s> and <sn="492">such</s> a <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="4100">what</s><sn="3426">is</s><sn="8478">under</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s>? <sn="5414">give</s> me <sn="2568">five</s> loaves of <sn="3899">bread</s> in mine <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="176">or</s> what there is <sn="4672">present</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, There is <sn="369">no</s><sn="2455">common</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="413 8478">under</s> mine <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> there <sn="3426">is</s><sn="6944">hallowed</s><sn="3899">bread</s>; <sn="518">if</s> the young <sn="5288">men</s> have kept <sn="8104">themselves</s> at <sn="389">least</s> from <sn="4480 802">women</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3588 518">Of</s> a truth <sn="802">women</s> have been <sn="6113">kept</s> from us about these <sn="8032">three</s><sn="8543">days</s>, since I came <sn="3318">out</s>, and the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of the young <sn="5288">men</s> are <sn="6944">holy</s>, and the bread is in a <sn="1870">manner</s><sn="2455">common</s>, <sn="637">yea</s>, <sn="3588">though</s> it were <sn="6942">sanctified</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> in the <sn="3627">vessel</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="6944">hallowed</s> bread: <sn="3588">for</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="3588 518">but</s> the <sn="3899 6440">shewbread</s>, that was <sn="5493">taken</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="7760">put</s><sn="2527">hot</s><sn="3899">bread</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> when it was taken <sn="3947">away</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Now a certain <sn="376">man</s> of the <sn="4480 5650">servants</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> was <sn="8033">there</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="6113">detained</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="1673">Doeg</s>, an <sn="130">Edomite</s>, the <sn="47">chiefest</s> of the <sn="7462">herdsmen</s><sn="834">that</s> belonged to <sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="288">Ahimelech</s>, And is <sn="3426">there</s><sn="371">not</s><sn="6311">here</s><sn="8478">under</s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="2595">spear</s><sn="176">or</s><sn="2719">sword</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="1571 3808">neither</s><sn="3947">brought</s> my <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="1571">nor</s> my <sn="3627">weapons</s><sn="3027">with</s> me, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1697">business</s><sn="1961">required</s><sn="5169">haste</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="2719">sword</s> of <sn="1555">Goliath</s> the <sn="6430">Philistine</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> thou <sn="5221">slewest</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="425">Elah</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> is here <sn="3874">wrapped</s> in a <sn="8071">cloth</s><sn="310">behind</s> the <sn="646">ephod</s>: <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt <sn="3947">take</s> that, <sn="3947">take</s> it: <sn="3588">for</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="2108">save</s> that <sn="2088">here</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, There is <sn="369">none</s> like that; <sn="5414">give</s> it me. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1272">fled</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> for fear <sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="935">went</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="397">Achish</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="1661">Gath</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="397">Achish</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1732">David</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>? did they <sn="3808">not</s> sing one to <sn="6030">another</s> of <sn="2088">him</s> in <sn="4246">dances</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="7586">Saul</s> hath <sn="5221">slain</s> his <sn="505">thousands</s>, and <sn="1732">David</s> his ten <sn="7233">thousands</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="1732">David</s> laid <sn="7760">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s> in his <sn="3824">heart</s>, and was <sn="3966">sore</s><sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="397">Achish</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="1661">Gath</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he <sn="8138">changed</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2940">behavior</s><sn="5869">before</s> them, and feigned himself <sn="1984">mad</s> in their <sn="3027">hands</s>, and <sn="8427">scrabbled</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s>, and let his <sn="7388">spittle</s> fall <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">upon</s> his <sn="2206">beard</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="397">Achish</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>, <sn="2009">Lo</s>, ye <sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="376">man</s> is <sn="7696">mad</s>: <sn="4100">wherefore</s> then have ye <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="413">to</s> me? </v>
<vn='15'>Have <sn="589">I</s><sn="2638">need</s> of mad <sn="7696">men</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> ye have <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s> fellow to play the mad <sn="7696">man</s> in my <sn="5921">presence</s>? shall <sn="2088">this</s> fellow <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> my <sn="1004">house</s>? </v>