1 Sam 21 Study:David-Priest Ahimelech-King Achish

[Anne Terri]

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1 Samuel 21:1-2 Came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest ... Ahimelech was afraid ... said unto him ... Why are thou alone ...Davidsaid ...The king hath commanded me, Let no man know anything

1 Samuel 21:3-6 (David continues) what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread ... the priest answered ... There is no common bread ... but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves ... from women ... David answered ... Of a truth women have been kept from us ... the priest gave him hallowed bread ... there was no bread there but the shewbread

1 Samuel 21:7-9 there that day ... Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen ... belonged to Saul ...David said unto Ahimelech ... is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? ... I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons ... the king's business required haste ... the priest said. The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest ... if thou wilt take that ...David said There is none like that; give it me.

1 Samuel 21:10-15 David ... fled ... for fear of Saul ...went to Achish the king of Gath ... servants said ... Is this notDavid the king of the land? did they not sing ... Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? David... was sore afraid of Achish ... feigned himself mad in their hands ... Achish said ... Have I need of mad men that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence?

1 Samuel 21:1-2 Came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest ... Ahimelech was afraid ... said unto him ... Why are thou alone ... David said ...The king hath commanded me, Let no man know anything

1: 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?
2: 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.




1 Samuel 21:3-6 (David continues) what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread ... the priest answered ... There is no common bread ... but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves ... from women ... David answered ... Of a truth women have been kept from us ... the priest gave him hallowed bread ... there was no bread there but the shewbread


3: Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4: 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.
5: 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.
6: 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.



1 Samuel 21:7-9 there that day ... Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen ... belonged to Saul ... David said unto Ahimelech ... is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? ... I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons ... the king's business required haste ... the priest said. The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest ... if thou wilt take that ... David said There is none like that; give it me.


7: 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.
8: 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.
9: 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.




1 Samuel 21:10-15 David ... fled ... for fear of Saul ...went to Achish the king of Gath ... servants said ... Is this not David the king of the land? did they not sing ... Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? David ... was sore afraid of Achish ... feigned himself mad in their hands ... Achish said ... Have I need of mad men that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence?


10: And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
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?
12: And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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.
14: Then said Achish unto his servants,
Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
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?

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Names of 1 Samuel 21

David
Ahimelech the priest,
See 2 Sam. 8:17 Abhimelech - the son of Abiathar
Saul
Doeg, an Edomite - the chiefest of the herdmen of Saul
Goliath the Philistine,
Achish the king of Gath.

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Places of 1 Samuel 21

Nob
the valley of Elah,
Gath

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BIBLICAL REFERENCES:

Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands

1 Samuel 18:6-9 when David ... returned from the Slaughter of the Philistine ... the women ... of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul ... and said Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands ... Saul was very wroth...

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1 Samuel 21:11


1 Samuel 29:5

5: Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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DICTIONARY OF RELIGION

ephod- a linen apron worn in ancient Hebrew rites; especially : a vestment for the high priest

Ephod has been mentioned in the Books of Samuel. (1 Samuel 14:3 and 1 Samuel 21:8-9 and 2 Samuel 6:14) This was also worn by David when he danced before the Ark of the Covenant. The ephod is worn during the worship of an object. This is based on ancient Israelite culture. The word ephod is also in Exodus 28, 29:5, 39:2, and Leviticus 8:7, as well as Judges 17 and 18.



shew·bread
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A noun in Judaism

the 12 loaves of bread placed every sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:5–9, 1 Samuel 21:6