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? [Ahimelech: also called Ahiah]
			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.
			3	Now therefore what is under thine hand? give# me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present# . [present: Heb. found]
			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. [yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified 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# .
			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.
			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. [scrabbled: or, made marks]
			14	Then said# Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see# the man is mad# : wherefore then have ye brought# him to me? [is mad: or, playeth the mad man]
			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?