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And he said to him: Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And David said to Achimelech the priest: The king hath commanded me a business, and said: Let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me, and what manner of commands I have given thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And David answered the priest, and said to him: Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before, when we came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this day in the vessels. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, within the tabernacle of the Lord: and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of Saul's herdsmen. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And David said to Achimelech: Hast thou here at hand a spear, or a sword? for I brought not my own sword, nor my own weapons with me, for the king's business required haste. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the priest said: Lo, here is the sword of Goliath the Philistine whom thou slewest in the valley of Terebinth, wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take this, take it, for here is no other but this. And David said: There is none like that, give it me. </p> <a name="10" id="10"></a><p class="hdg">David Flees to Gath<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../psalms/34.htm">Psalm 34:1-22</a>; <a href="../psalms/52.htm">Psalm 52:1-9</a>; <a href="../psalms/56.htm">Psalm 56:1-13</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And David arose and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came to Achis the king of Geth: </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the servants of Achis, when they saw David, said to him: Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to him in their dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But David laid up these words in his heart, and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Achis the king of Geth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he changed his countenance before them, and slipt down between their hands: and he stumbled against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Have we need of madmen, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house? </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_samuel/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>