1 Samuel 21 (NET)

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1 Samuel 21:1¹(21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 2:26 Neh 11:32 1 Sam 14:3 1 Sam 16:4 Isa 10:32 1 Sam 22:9-19

1 Samuel 21:2²David replied to Ahimelech the priest, “The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, ‘Don’t let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.’ I have told my soldiers to wait at a certain place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 3:9 Gal 2:12 1 Kgs 13:18 1 Sam 19:17 1 Sam 22:22 Gen 27:20 Gen 27:24

1 Samuel 21:3³Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 21:4 Isa 3:6 Judg 9:29

1 Samuel 21:4⁴The priest replied to David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from relations with women.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 12:3-4 Exod 19:15 Exod 25:30 1 Cor 7:5 1 Sam 21:6 Lev 24:5-9 Zech 7:3

1 Samuel 21:5⁵David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:3-4 2 Tim 2:20-21 Acts 9:15 Lev 24:9 Lev 8:26 1 Pet 3:17

1 Samuel 21:6⁶So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the Bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the Lord in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 6:3-4 Lev 24:5-9 Matt 12:3-4 Mark 2:25-27

1 Samuel 21:7⁷(One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:9 Ps 52:1-9 1 Chr 27:29 1 Sam 11:5 1 Sam 14:47 2 Chr 26:10 Acts 21:26-27 Amos 8:5 Ezek 33:31 Gen 13:7-8

1 Samuel 21:8⁸David said to Ahimelech, “Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don’t have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king’s instructions.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

1 Samuel 21:9⁹The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish, take it for yourself. Other than that one, there’s no sword here.” David said, “There’s nothing like it. Give it to me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:2 1 Sam 17:50-54 1 Sam 31:10 Exod 28:6-14

1 Samuel 21:10¹⁰So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:3 1 Sam 27:1-2 Jer 26:21 Ps 34:1-22

1 Samuel 21:11¹¹The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying, ‘Saul struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands’?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 29:5 1 Sam 16:1 1 Sam 18:7-8 Ps 56:1-13

1 Samuel 21:12¹²David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 2:19 Ps 56:3 Ps 34:4 1 Sam 21:10 Gen 12:11-13 Gen 26:7 Luke 2:51 Ps 119:11

1 Samuel 21:13¹³He altered his behavior in their presence. Since he was in their power, he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 29:25 Eccl 7:7 Ps 34:1-22

1 Samuel 21:14¹⁴Achish said to his servants, “Look at this madman! Why did you bring him to me?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 7:7

1 Samuel 21:15¹⁵Do I have a shortage of fools so that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI