Verse 8
1 Samuel 21:8
Literal Standard Version
8
And David says to Ahimelech, “And is there not spear or sword here under your hand? For I have taken neither my sword nor my vessels in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שָׁ֡ם אִישׁ֩ מֵ/עַבְדֵ֨י שָׁא֜וּל בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא נֶעְצָר֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּ/שְׁמ֖/וֹ דֹּאֵ֣ג הָ/אֲדֹמִ֑י אַבִּ֥יר הָ/רֹעִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְ/שָׁאֽוּל
English Translation
And there was a man from the servants of Saul on that day who stood before the LORD, and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
And David comes to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembles at meeting David and says to...
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And David says to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me on a matter, and he says to me, L...
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3
And now, what is there under your hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or that which is found.”
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4
And the priest answers David and says, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy br...
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5
And David answers the priest and says to him, “Surely, if women have been restrained from us as befo...
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6
And the priest gives the holy thing to him, for there was no bread there except the Bread of the Pre...
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7
And there is a man of the servants of Saul detained before YHWH on that day, and his name is Doeg th...
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8
And David says to Ahimelech, “And is there not spear or sword here under your hand? For I have taken...
9
And the priest says, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the Valley of Elah, be...
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10
And David rises and flees on that day from the face of Saul, and comes to Achish king of Gath;
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11
and the servants of Achish say to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is it not of this o...
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12
And David lays these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gat...
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13
and changes his behavior before their eyes, and feigns himself mad in their hand, and scribbles on t...
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14
And Achish says to his servants, “Behold, you see a man acting as a madman; why do you bring him to...
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15
Am I lacking madmen, that you have brought in this one to act as a madman before me? Does this one c...
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