1 Samuel 21:1-9
DAVID AT NOB... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID AT NOB... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came David to Nob, a city of priests between Gibeah and Jerusalem, on a hill in whose neighborhood the Tabernacle seems to have been located for some years, at least temporarily,4) TO AHIMELECH, THE PRIEST, either he or his father or his son also bearing the name Abiathar, Mark 2:26; AND AHIMEL... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said unto Ahimelech, the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee, he was to reveal neither the reason for, nor the contents of, his commission; AND I HAVE APPOINTED... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, what is under thine hand? David wanted anything in the line of food upon which the priest could quickly lay his hand. GIVE ME FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD IN MINE HAND, OR WHAT THERE IS PRESENT, whatever he could find in a hurry.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest answered David and said, There is, no common bread under mine hand, no kind of ordinary bread, such as was commonly used for food, BUT THERE IS HALLOWED BREAD, for apparently the cakes of showbread had just been replaced by a fresh set, Leviticus 24:8, the ordinance requiring that the... [ Continue Reading ]
And David answered the priest and said unto him, of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, the time since they had started on this expedition, SINCE I CAME OUT, AND THE VESSELS, the gear and baggage of the soldiers, which might also become Levitically unclean, Leviticus 11:32;... [ Continue Reading ]
So the priest gave him hallowed bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away; the cakes having been standing on the golden table for seven days, they had just been renewed or replaced by a new set, Levi... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord, either as a proselyte, expecting to be received into the congregation of the Lord, or for the sake of some purification, or under suspicion as a leper; AND HIS NAME WAS DOEG, AN EDOMITE, THE CHIEFEST OF THE HERD... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand, in his charge, SPEAR OR SWORD? FOR I HAVE NEITHER BROUGHT MY SWORD NOR MY WEAPONS WITH ME, BECAUSE THE KING'S BUSINESS REQUIRED HASTE, literally, "it was pressed," David had to be on his way without a moment's delay.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the Valley of Elah, 1 Samuel 17:2, BEHOLD, IT IS HERE WRAPPED IN A CLOTH BEHIND THE EPHOD, deposited for safe-keeping in the national Sanctuary, as a thanksgiving offering to the Lord and as a constant reminder of His me... [ Continue Reading ]
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, whose official title was Abimelech, Psalms 34, THE KING OF GATH, in the Philistine country.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID AT GATH... [ Continue Reading ]
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land, for as such they designate him on account of his victorious campaigns, which entirely overshadowed those of Saul? DID THEY NOT SING ONE TO ANOTHER OF HIM IN DANCES, SAYING, SAUL HATH SLAIN HIS THOUSANDS, AND DAVID HIS... [ Continue Reading ]
And David, who may have hoped to remain in the country of the Philistines unrecognized, LAID UP THESE WORDS IN HIS HEART, he was worried about what they might lead to, AND WAS SORE AFRAID OF ACHISH, THE KING OF GATH, since the Philistines might, in a fit of revenge, fall on him and kill him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he changed his behavior before them, he perverted his understanding, AND FEIGNED HIMSELF MAD IN THEIR HANDS, he played the madman as they tried to get hold of him, AND SCRABBLED ON THE DOORS OF THE GATE, pounded on them with his fists, AND LET HIS SPITTLE, the foam at the mouth which he produced... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad, he has gone insane; WHEREFORE, THEN, HAVE YE BROUGHT HIM TO ME?... [ Continue Reading ]
Have I need of madmen that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? The king evidently feared personal harm from David, who, as he thought, had gone insane. While David's plan to remain unrecognized among the Philistines did not succeed, the presence of mind which caused him to... [ Continue Reading ]