1 Samuel 21 - Study the King James Bible

Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

Nob: Nob appears to have been a sacerdotal city of Benjamin or Ephraim. Jerome says, that in his time the ruins of it might be seen not far from Diospolis or Lydda. But the Rabbins assert that Jerusalem might be seen from this town. The tabernacle resided some time at Nob; and after it was destroyed, it was removed to Gibeon; "and the day of Nob and Gibeon were fifty-seven years." Maimonides in Bethhabbechirah, c. 1. 1 Samuel 22:19, Nehemiah 11:32, Isaiah 10:32
to Ahimelech: 1 Samuel 14:3, called Ahiah, 1 Samuel 22:9-19, called also Abiathar, Mark 2:26
afraid: 1 Samuel 16:4
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:22 - I have occasioned 1 Chronicles 24:3 - Ahimelech Ezekiel 25:15 - to destroy

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

The king: The whole of this is a gross falsehood; and which was attended with the most fatal consequences. It is well known that from all antiquity it was held no crime to tell a lie in order to save life. Thus Diphilon נןכבלגבםש פן רוץהבע וני ףשפחסיב כודןלוםןם, ןץהום נוסינןיויףטבי הץףקוסוע. "I hold it right to tell a lie for safety: nothing should be avoided to save life." A heathen may say or sing thus, but no Christian can act thus and save his soul, though he may save his life. 1 Samuel 19:17, 1 Samuel 22:22, Genesis 27:20, Genesis 27:24, 1 Kings 13:18, Psalms 119:29, Galatians 2:12, Colossians 3:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:19 - General Judges 16:7 - If they bind 1 Samuel 22:14 - goeth 1 Samuel 27:10 - And David 2 Samuel 17:20 - They be gone

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

under thine: 1 Samuel 21:4, Judges 9:29, Isaiah 3:6
present: Heb. found
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:15 - Give us bread Judges 16:7 - If they bind Matthew 12:3 - what Mark 2:25 - what Luke 6:3 - what

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.

hallowed bread: 1 Samuel 21:6, Exodus 25:30, Leviticus 24:5-9, Matthew 12:3, Matthew 12:4
if the young: Exodus 19:15, Zechariah 7:3, 1 Corinthians 7:5
Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:18 - unclean 1 Samuel 21:3 - under thine Ecclesiastes 3:5 - a time to embrace

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

the vessels: Acts 9:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:4, 2 Timothy 2:20, 2 Timothy 2:21, 1 Peter 3:17
in a manner: Leviticus 24:9
though it were sanctified this day in the vessel: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel. Leviticus 8:26
Reciprocal: Exodus 19:15 - come not Leviticus 15:18 - unclean Leviticus 24:5 - General Ecclesiastes 3:5 - a time to embrace Jeremiah 31:5 - eat 1 Corinthians 7:5 - except

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

gave him: Matthew 12:3, Matthew 12:4, Mark 2:25-27, Luke 6:3, Luke 6:4
hot bread: Leviticus 24:5-9
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:30 - General Leviticus 22:10 - General Leviticus 24:9 - Aaron's 1 Samuel 21:4 - hallowed bread 1 Samuel 22:10 - him victuals

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

detained: Jeremiah 7:9-11, Ezekiel 33:31, Amos 8:5, Matthew 15:8, Acts 21:26, Acts 21:27
Doeg: 1 Samuel 22:9, Psalms 52:1, *title
herdmen: 1 Samuel 11:5, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, 1 Chronicles 27:29, 2 Chronicles 26:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:6 - rulers 1 Samuel 13:12 - I forced Galatians 1:10 - persuade

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

Reciprocal: Esther 8:14 - being hastened Luke 10:4 - and

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

The sword: 1 Samuel 17:51-54
the valley: 1 Samuel 17:2, 1 Samuel 17:50
behold: 1 Samuel 31:10
behind: Exodus 28:6-14
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:4 - Goliath 1 Samuel 17:54 - took the head 2 Kings 11:10 - king David's spears 1 Chronicles 20:5 - Goliath 2 Chronicles 23:9 - spears Hosea 3:4 - ephod

10.

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

fled: 1 Samuel 27:1, 1 Kings 19:3, Jeremiah 26:21
Achish: or, Abimelech, 1 Samuel 27:2, Psalms 34:1, *title
Gath: Jerome says there was a large town called Gath, in the way from Eleutheropolis to Gaza; and Eusebius speaks of another Gath, five miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Lydda - and consequently different from that mentioned by Jerome and also of another Gath, between Jamnia and Antipatris. It appears to have been the extreme boundary of the Philistine territory in one direction, as Ekron was on the other - 1 Samuel 7:14, 1 Samuel 17:52, and lay near Mareshah - 2 Chronicles 11:8. Micah 1:14, which agrees pretty well with the position assigned it by Jerome. But Reland and Dr. Wells agree with Eusebius; and the authors of the Universal History - b. i. c. 7 place it about six miles form Jamnia, fourteen south of Joppa, and thirty-two west of Jerusalem.
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:4 - Goliath 1 Samuel 21:12 - sore 1 Samuel 22:1 - David 1 Kings 2:39 - Achish Psalms 11:1 - how Psalms 56:3 - General

11.

And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

the servants: Psalms 56:1, *title
the king: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 18:8, 1 Samuel 29:5
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 14:8 - And when John 9:8 - Is not

12.

And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

laid up: Psalms 119:11, Luke 2:19, Luke 2:51
sore: 1 Samuel 21:10, Genesis 12:11-13, Genesis 26:7, Psalms 34:4, Psalms 56:3

13.

And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

changed: Psalms 34:1, *title Proverbs 29:25, Ecclesiastes 7:7
scrabbled: or, made marks
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:24 - I am

14.

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

is mad: or, playeth the madman, Ecclesiastes 7:7

15.

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:161 - Princes