1 Samuel 21:6-10

6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the LORD and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.

7 Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief shepherd.

8 David asked Ahimelek, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent.”

9 The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it; there is no sword here but that one.” David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

David at Gath

10 That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:6-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 21

This chapter relates that David went to Nob, and pretending he was on secret business for the king, got shewbread, and the sword of Goliath, from Ahimelech the priest, 1Sa 21:1-9; and that passing from thence to Gath, where he was known, through fear feigned himself mad, and so escaped from thence, 1Sa 21:10-15.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 24:8-9; S Exodus 25:30; 1 Samuel 22:10; Matthew 12:3-4; Mark 2:25-28; Luke 6:1-5
• 2. 1 Samuel 22:9,22
• 3. 1 Samuel 14:47; Psalms 52 Title
• 4. S 1 Samuel 17:51
• 5. S 1 Samuel 17:4
• 6. 1 Samuel 17:2
• 7. 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 27:2