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1 Samuel 21

1 S. 21:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
to Nob
Nob (Hebrew #5011)
fruit; Nob, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Nob.
Pronounce: nobe
Origin: the same as 5108
to Ahimelech
'Achiymelek (Hebrew #288)
brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
KJV usage: Ahimelech.
Pronounce: akh-ee-meh'-lek
Origin: from 251 and 4428
o the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
: and Ahimelech
'Achiymelek (Hebrew #288)
brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
KJV usage: Ahimelech.
Pronounce: akh-ee-meh'-lek
Origin: from 251 and 4428
wasp afraid
charad (Hebrew #2729)
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
KJV usage: be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble.
Pronounce: khaw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
at the meeting
qir'ah (Hebrew #7125)
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
KJV usage: X against (he come), help, meet, seek, X to, X in the way.
Pronounce: keer-aw'
Origin: from 7122
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
with thee?

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1-6:  David at Nob obtains of Ahimelech hallowed bread.
7:  Doeg is present.
8-9:  David takes Goliath's sword.
10-15:  David at Gath feigns himself mad.
Nob.Nob appears to have been a sacerdotal city of Benjamin or Ephraim.
Jerome says, that in his time the ruins of it might be seen not far from Diospolis or Lydda.
But the Rabbins assert that Jerusalem might be seen from this town.
The tabernacle resided some time at Nob; and after it was destroyed, it was removed to Gibeon; "and the day of Nob and Gibeon were fifty-seven years."
Maimonides in Bethhabbechirah, c. 1.
to Ahimelech.
called Ahiah.
1 S. 22:9‑19• 9Entonces Doeg Idumeo, que era superior entre los siervos de Saúl, respondió y dijo: Yo vi al hijo de Isaí que vino á Nob, á Ahimelech hijo de Ahitob;
10El cual consultó por él á Jehová, y dióle provisión, y también le dió la espada de Goliath el Filisteo.
11Y el rey envió por el sacerdote Ahimelech hijo de Ahitob, y por toda la casa de su padre, los sacerdotes que estaban en Nob: y todos vinieron al rey.
12Y Saúl le dijo: Oye ahora, hijo de Ahitob. Y él dijo: Heme aquí, señor mío.
13Y díjole Saúl: ¿Por qué habéis conspirado contra mí, tú y el hijo de Isaí, cuando tú le diste pan y espada, y consultaste por él á Dios, para que se levantase contra mí y me acechase, como lo hace hoy día?
14Entonces Ahimelech respondió al rey, y dijo: ¿Y quién entre todos tus siervos es tan fiel como David, yerno además del rey, y que va por tu mandado, y es ilustre en tu casa?
15¿He comenzado yo desde hoy á consultar por él á Dios? lejos sea de mí: no impute el rey cosa alguna á su siervo, ni á toda la casa de mi padre; porque tu siervo ninguna cosa sabe de este negocio, grande ni chica.
16Y el rey dijo: Sin duda morirás, Ahimelech, tú y toda la casa de tu padre.
17Entonces dijo el rey á la gente de su guardia que estaba alrededor de él: Cercad y matad á los sacerdotes de Jehová; porque también la mano de ellos es con David, pues sabiendo ellos que huía, no me lo descubrieron. Mas los siervos del rey no quisieron extender sus manos para matar á los sacerdotes de Jehová.
18Entonces dijo el rey á Doeg: Vuelve tú, y arremete contra los sacerdotes. Y revolviéndose Doeg Idumeo, arremetió contra los sacerdotes, y mató en aquel día ochenta y cinco varones que vestían ephod de lino.
19Y á Nob, ciudad de los sacerdotes, puso á cuchillo: así á hombres como á mujeres, niños y mamantes, bueyes y asnos y ovejas, todo á cuchillo.
(1 S. 22:9‑19)
called also Abiathar.
afraid.
 {v.1-6} at Nob (1 Sam. 21:1-6) he presents us with one of the most important features of the rejected Messiah. This incident is noted in Matt. 12:1-8, Mark 2:23-28, and Luke 6:1-5. (1 Samuel 21 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?