Verse 4
1 Samuel 21:4
King James Version
4
And the priest answered David, and said,
There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה מַה יֵּ֧שׁ תַּֽחַת יָדְ/ךָ֛ חֲמִשָּׁה לֶ֖חֶם תְּנָ֣/ה בְ/יָדִ֑/י א֖וֹ הַ/נִּמְצָֽא
English Translation
And now, what is under your hand? Five loaves, give them to me, or what is found?
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, an...
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2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto...
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Now therefore what is under thine hand? give
me five
loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is...
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4
And the priest answered David, and said,
There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hall...
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And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women
have been kept from us about thes...
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6
So the priest gave him hallowed
bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was take...
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7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul
was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name...
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8
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have nei...
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9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, b...
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10
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
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11
And the servants of Achish said unto him,
Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing...
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12
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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13
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on t...
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Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore
then have ye brought him to...
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Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this
fellow
to play the mad man in my presence? shall...
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