1 Samuel 21 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

David and the Holy Bread

1 ^[1] Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” (1Sa 14:3; 1Sa 16:4; 1Sa 22:9; 1Sa 22:11; 1Sa 22:19; Ne 11:32; Isa 10:32; Mr 2:26)

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2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place. 3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.” 4 And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.” (Ex 19:15; Ex 25:30; Le 24:5; Mt 12:3; Mr 2:25; Lu 6:3)

Ex 19:15Ex 25:30Le 24:5Mt 12:3Mr 2:25Lu 6:3

5 And David answered the priest, “Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?” 6 So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away. (Le 24:8; 1Sa 21:4) 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s herdsmen. (1Sa 22:9) 8 Then David said to Ahimelech, “Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither 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 you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here.” And David said, “There is none like that; give it to me.” (1Sa 17:2; 1Sa 17:51)

David Flees to Gath

10 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” (1Sa 18:7; 1Sa 29:5) 12 And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. (Lu 2:19) 13 So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me? 15 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”

الكتاب المقدس

داود في نوب

1 وَقَدِمَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أَخِيمَالِكَ الْكَاهِنِ فِي نُوبٍ، فَارْتَعَدَ أَخِيمَالِكُ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ دَاوُدَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَالِي أَرَاكَ وَحْدَكَ وَلَيْسَ مَعَكَ أَحَدٌ؟». 2 فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «كَلَّفَنِي الْمَلِكُ بِمُهِمَّةٍ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَكْتُمَ الأَمْرَ فَلا أُخْبِرَ بِهِ أَحَداً، وَأَمَّا رِجَالِي فَقَدِ اتَّفَقْتُ مَعَهُمْ عَلَى مُقَابَلَتِي فِي مَكَانٍ مُعَيَّنٍ. 3 وَالآنَ مَاذَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ؟ أَعْطِنِي خَمْسَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ أَوْ مَا يَتَوَافَرُ لَدَيْكَ». 4 فَأَجَابَ الْكَاهِنُ: «لَيْسَ عِنْدِي خُبْزٌ عَادِيٌّ، وَإِنَّمَا خُبْزٌ مُقَدَّسٌ، يُمْكِنُ لِرِجَالِكَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ شَرِيطَةَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ حَفِظُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ طَاهِرِينَ وَلاسِيَّمَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ». 5 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلْكَاهِنِ: «إِنَّ النِّسَاءَ قَدْ مُنِعْنَ عَنَّا مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلُ، كَمَا هِي الْعَادَةُ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِي فِي مُهِمَّةٍ، أَمَّا أَمْتِعَتُهُمْ فَهِيَ دَائِماً طَاهِرَةٌ، حَتَّى فِي أَثْنَاءِ تَنْفِيذِ الْمُهِمَّاتِ الْعَادِيَّةِ. فَكَمْ بِالْحَرِيِّ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمُهِمَّةُ مُقَدَّسَةً؟» 6 فَأَعْطَاهُ الْكَاهِنُ الْخُبْزَ الْمُقَدَّسَ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَيْهِ سِوَى خُبْزِ الْوُجُوهِ الْمَرْفُوعِ مِنْ أَمَامِ الرَّبِّ لِكَي يُسْتَبْدَلَ بِخُبْزٍ سَاخِنٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يُرْفَعُ فِيهِ. 7 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَدَمِ شَاوُلَ مُعْتَكِفاً فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، يُدْعَى دُوَاغَ الأَدُومِيَّ، رَئِيسَ رُعَاةِ شَاوُلَ. 8 وَسَأَلَ دَاوُدُ أَخِيمَالِكَ: «أَلا يُوْجَدُ لَدَيْكَ رُمْحٌ أَوْ سَيْفٌ، لأَنَّنِي لَمْ أَتَقَلَّدْ سَيْفِي أَوْ أَحْمِلْ سِلاحِي، إِذْ إِنَّ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ كَانَ مُلِحّاً». 9 فَأَجَابَ الْكَاهِنُ: «عِنْدِي سَيْفُ جُلْيَاتَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّ الَّذِي قَتَلْتَهُ فِي وَادِي الْبُطْمِ، وَهَا هُوَ مَلْفُوفٌ فِي ثَوْبٍ خَلْفَ الأَفُودِ. فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهُ فَافْعَلْ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي سِوَاهُ هُنَا». فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَيْسَ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ، أَعْطِنِي إِيَّاهُ».

داود في جت

10 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ هَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ أَمَامِ شَاوُلَ وَلَجَأَ إِلَى أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ. 11 فَقَالَ رِجَالُ حَاشِيَةِ أَخِيشَ لَهُ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا دَاوُدَ مَلِكَ بِلادِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ هَذَا الَّذِي أَنْشَدَتْ لَهُ النِّسَاءُ رَاقِصَاتٍ قَائِلاتٍ: قَتَلَ شَاوُلُ أُلُوفاً وَقَتَلَ دَاوُدُ عَشَرَاتِ الأُلُوفِ؟» 12 فَكَتَمَ دَاوُدُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَتَوَلّاهُ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ مِنْ أَخِيشَ مَلِكِ جَتَّ، 13 وَتَظَاهَرَ أَمَامَهُمْ أَنَّهُ مُصَابٌ بِعَقْلِهِ، وَرَاحَ يُخَرْبِشُ عَلَى الْبَابِ وَتَرَكَ لُعَابَهُ يَسِيلُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ. 14 فَقَالَ أَخِيشُ لِقَوْمِهِ: «أَلا تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ مَجْنُونٌ، فَلِمَاذَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ إِلَيَّ؟ 15 أَلا يَكْفِينِي مَا عِنْدِي مِنْ مَجَانِينَ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُمْ بِهَذَا لِكَيْ يُظْهِرَ جُنُونَهُ عَلَيَّ؟ أَيَدْخُلُ هَذَا بَيْتِي؟».