1 Samuel 21

1 and to come (in): come David Nob [to] to(wards) Ahimelech [the] priest and to tremble Ahimelech to/for to encounter: meet David and to say to/for him why? you(m. s.) to/for alone you and man: anyone nothing with you

David fled from there and went to Nob [city to see] Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw David [because he was afraid that something bad had happened]. He said to David, “Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?”

2 and to say David to/for Ahimelech [the] priest [the] king to command me word: thing and to say to(wards) me man: anyone not to know anything [obj] [the] word: thing which I to send: depart you and which to command you and [obj] [the] youth to know to(wards) place someone someone

David [deceived Ahimelech] by replying, “The king sent me. But he does not want anyone to know anything about what he sent me to do. I have told my men where [they should meet me].

3 and now what? there underneath: owning hand: owner your five food: bread to give: give [emph?] in/on/with hand: owner my or [the] to find

Now [I want to know], do you have any [food here for me to eat] [IDM]? Could you give me five loaves of bread, or whatever [other food] that you can find?”

4 and to answer [the] priest [obj] David and to say nothing food: bread common to(wards) underneath: owning hand: owner my for if: except food: bread holiness there if to keep: guard [the] youth surely from woman

The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary bread here, but I have some of the sacred bread [that was placed before Yahweh]. Your men may eat it if they have not slept with [EUP] women [recently].”

5 and to answer David [obj] [the] priest and to say to/for him that if: except if: except woman to restrain to/for us like/as yesterday three days ago in/on/with to come out: come I and to be article/utensil [the] youth holiness and he/she/it way: journey common and also for [the] day to consecrate: consecate in/on/with article/utensil

David replied, “They have not been near women for many days. I do not allow my men to defile themselves by sleeping with women while they are preparing to fight in battles. They must continue to keep themselves acceptable to God when they are on ordinary trips, and [today they have kept themselves acceptable to God] because now we are doing something very special/important.”

6 and to give: give to/for him [the] priest holiness for not to be there food: bread for if: except food: bread [the] face [the] to turn aside: remove from to/for face: before LORD to/for to set: put food: bread heat in/on/with day to take: take he

The only bread that the priest had was the sacred bread that had been placed in Yahweh’s presence [in the Sacred tent]. So the priest gave David some of that bread. On that day the priest had taken those loaves from the table and replaced them with (fresh/newly baked) loaves.

7 and there man from servant/slave Saul in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to restrain to/for face: before LORD and name his Doeg [the] Edomite mighty: strong [the] to pasture which to/for Saul

It happened that Doeg, from the Edom people-group, was there on that day to make himself acceptable to Yahweh, [and he saw what Ahimelech did]. He was one of Saul’s officials and the leader of Saul’s shepherds.

8 and to say David to/for Ahimelech and isn't? there here underneath: owning hand: owner your spear or sword for also sword my and also article/utensil my not to take: bring in/on/with hand: owner my for to be word: thing [the] king to urge

David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or a sword [that I could use]? The king [appointed us to do] this task [and told us to leave] immediately, so I did not have time to bring any weapons.”

9 and to say [the] priest sword Goliath [the] Philistine which to smite in/on/with Valley (of Elah) [the] (Valley of) Elah behold he/she/it to wrap in/on/with mantle after [the] ephod if [obj] her to take: take to/for you to take: take for nothing another exception her in/on/with this and to say David nothing like her to give: give her to/for me

Ahimelech replied, “I have only the sword that belonged to Goliath [the giant] from the Philistia people-group whom you killed in Elah Valley. It is wrapped in a cloth, and is behind the sacred vest [in the Sacred Tent]. If you want it, take it, because I have no other [weapon] here.” David replied, “Truly, there is no other sword that is [as good] as that one! Give it to me.”

10 and to arise: rise David and to flee in/on/with day [the] he/she/it from face: before Saul and to come (in): come to(wards) Achish king Gath

[So Ahimelech gave it to him], and David left there. He [and his men] and went to Gath [city in the Philistia region], to stay with King Achish.

11 and to say servant/slave Achish to(wards) him not this David king [the] land: country/planet not to/for this to sing in/on/with dance to/for to say to smite Saul (in/on/with thousand his *Q(K)*) and David (in/on/with myriad his *Q(K)*)

But the officers of King Achish [objected to David being there. They] said to King Achish, “This man is [RHQ] David, the king of Israel! He is the one [RHQ] whom [our enemies], the [Israeli] people, [honored by] dancing and singing, ‘Saul has killed thousands [of his enemies], but David has killed tens of thousands of them!’”

12 and to set: consider David [obj] [the] word [the] these in/on/with heart his and to fear much from face of Achish king Gath

David heard what those men were saying, so he was afraid of [what] King Achish [might do to him].

13 and to change him [obj] taste his in/on/with eye: before(the eyes) their and to be foolish in/on/with hand: power their (and to mark *Q(k)*) upon door [the] gate and to go down spittle his to(wards) beard his

So he pretended that he was insane. He started scratching on the gates [of the city] and allowing his saliva to run down his beard.

14 and to say Achish to(wards) servant/slave his behold to see: see man be mad to/for what? to come (in): bring [obj] him to(wards) me

Then King Achish said to his men, “Look at this man! He is acting like an insane man! Why have you brought him to me?

15 lacking be mad I for to come (in): bring [obj] this to/for be mad upon me this to come (in): come to(wards) house: home my

Have you brought him because I do not have enough insane men here already [RHQ]? I do not want [RHQ] him to come into my house!”