1st Samuel Chapter 21 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Then came <H0935> David <H1732> to Nob <H5011> to Ahimelech <H0288> the priest: <H3548> and Ahimelech <H0288> was afraid <H2729> at the meeting <H7125> of David, <H1732> and said <H0559> unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man <H0376> with thee?
2: And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto Ahimelech <H0288> the priest, <H3548> The king <H4428> hath commanded <H6680> me a business, <H1697> and hath said <H0559> unto me, Let no man <H0376> know <H3045> any thing <H3972> of the business <H1697> whereabout I send <H7971> thee, and what I have commanded <H6680> thee: and I have appointed <H3045> [my] servants <H5288> to such <H6423> and such <H0492> a place. <H4725>
3: Now therefore what is <H3426> under thine hand? <H3027> give <H5414> [me] five <H2568> [loaves of] bread <H3899> in mine hand, <H3027> or what there is present. <H4672>
4: And the priest <H3548> answered <H6030> David, <H1732> and said, <H0559> [There is] no common <H2455> bread <H3899> under mine hand, <H3027> but there is <H3426> hallowed <H6944> bread; <H3899> if the young men <H5288> have kept <H8104> themselves at least <H0389> from women. <H0802>
5: And David <H1732> answered <H6030> the priest, <H3548> and said <H0559> unto him, Of a truth <H0518> women <H0802> [have been] kept <H6113> from us about these three <H8032> days, <H8543> since I came out, <H3318> and the vessels <H3627> of the young men <H5288> are holy, <H6944> and [the bread is] in a manner <H1870> common, <H2455> yea, though it were sanctified <H6942> this day <H3117> in the vessel. <H3627>
6: So the priest <H3548> gave <H5414> him hallowed <H6944> [bread]: for there was no bread <H3899> there but the shewbread, <H3899> <H6440> that was taken from <H5493> before <H6440> the LORD, <H3068> to put <H7760> hot <H2527> bread <H3899> in the day <H3117> when it was taken away. <H3947>
7: Now a certain man <H0376> of the servants <H5650> of Saul <H7586> [was] there that day, <H3117> detained <H6113> before <H6440> the LORD; <H3068> and his name <H8034> [was] Doeg, <H1673> an Edomite, <H0130> the chiefest <H0047> of the herdmen <H7462> that [belonged] to Saul. <H7586>
8: And David <H1732> said <H0559> unto Ahimelech, <H0288> And is there <H3426> not <H0371> here under thine hand <H3027> spear <H2595> or sword? <H2719> for I have neither brought <H3947> my sword <H2719> nor my weapons <H3627> with me, <H3027> because the king's <H4428> business <H1697> required <H1961> haste. <H5169>
9: And the priest <H3548> said, <H0559> The sword <H2719> of Goliath <H1555> the Philistine, <H6430> whom thou slewest <H5221> in the valley <H6010> of Elah, <H0425> behold, it [is here] wrapped <H3874> in a cloth <H8071> behind <H0310> the ephod: <H0646> if thou wilt take <H3947> that, take <H3947> [it]: for [there is] no other <H0312> save <H2108> that here. <H2088> And David <H1732> said, <H0559> [There is] none like that; give <H5414> it me.
10: And David <H1732> arose, <H6965> and fled <H1272> that day <H3117> for fear <H6440> of Saul, <H7586> and went <H0935> to Achish <H0397> the king <H4428> of Gath. <H1661>
11: And the servants <H5650> of Achish <H0397> said <H0559> unto him, [Is] not this David <H1732> the king <H4428> of the land? <H0776> did they not sing <H6030> one to another of him <H2088> in dances, <H4246> saying, <H0559> Saul <H7586> hath slain <H5221> his thousands, <H0505> and David <H1732> his ten thousands? <H7233>
12: And David <H1732> laid up <H7760> these words <H1697> in his heart, <H3824> and was sore <H3966> afraid <H3372> of <H6440> Achish <H0397> the king <H4428> of Gath. <H1661>
13: And he changed <H8138> his behaviour <H2940> before <H5869> them, and feigned himself mad <H1984> in their hands, <H3027> and scrabbled <H8427> on the doors <H1817> of the gate, <H8179> and let his spittle <H7388> fall down <H3381> upon his beard. <H2206>
14: Then said <H0559> Achish <H0397> unto his servants, <H5650> Lo, ye see <H7200> the man <H0376> is mad: <H7696> wherefore [then] have ye brought <H0935> him to me?
15: Have I need <H2638> of mad <H7696> men, that ye have brought <H0935> this [fellow] to play the mad <H7696> man in my presence? shall this [fellow] come <H0935> into my house? <H1004>