1 Samuel 21:2

2 —El rey me envió en un asunto privado —dijo David—. Me pidió que no le contara a nadie por qué estoy aquí. Les dije a mis hombres dónde buscarme después.

1 Samuel 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 21:2

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest
In reply to his question, and to account for such an appearance he made without an equipage:

the king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, let no
man know anything of the business thereabout I send thee, and what I
have commanded thee;
he pretended he was upon a secret expedition, by the order of Saul, which none were to know of, no, not his own servants, and that was the reason why he came to him alone; which was a downright lie, and was aggravated by its being told only for the sake of getting a little food; and especially told to an high priest, and at the tabernacle of God, and when he was come to inquire of the Lord there; and was attended with a dreadful consequence, the slaughter of the Lord's priests there, which afterwards lay heavy on David's mind, ( 1 Samuel 22:22 ) ; and is the very sin he is thought to refer to in ( Psalms 119:28 Psalms 119:29 ) . This shows the weakness of the best of men, when left to themselves; David who as much hated lying as any man did, fell into it himself:

and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place;
to such a place, of such an one, not naming place nor person, that they might not be known; so the Targum calls it a place hidden and kept; and that David had some servants, though not now with him, who ate of the shewbread, appears from ( Matthew 12:3 ) ; whom Jonathan might send after him, to a place agreed on and appointed between them; so that this might be true.

1 Samuel 21:2 In-Context

1 David huye de Saúl
David fue a la ciudad de Nob para ver al sacerdote Ahimelec. Cuando Ahimelec lo vio, se puso a temblar.
—¿Por qué estás solo? —le preguntó—. ¿Por qué nadie te acompaña?

2 —El rey me envió en un asunto privado —dijo David—. Me pidió que no le contara a nadie por qué estoy aquí. Les dije a mis hombres dónde buscarme después.

3 Ahora bien, ¿qué hay de comer? Dame cinco panes o cualquier otra cosa que tengas.

4 —No tenemos nada de pan común —respondió el sacerdote—. Pero aquí está el pan sagrado, el cual pueden comer si tus jóvenes no se han acostado con alguna mujer recientemente.

5 —No te preocupes —le aseguró David—. Nunca permito que mis hombres estén con mujeres cuando están en plena campaña. Y ya que se mantienen limpios, aun durante misiones normales, ¡cuánto más en esta!