1 Samuel 21 - The Scriptures 1998 The Scriptures 1998
1 Samuel 21

¹ And Dawiḏ

² And Dawiḏ

³ “And now, what do you have on hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or whatever is found.”

⁴ And the priest answered Dawiḏ

⁵ And Dawiḏ

⁶ Then the priest gave him set-apart bread, for there was no bread there except the showbread which had been taken from before יהוה, in order to put hot bread in on the day it is taken away.

⁷ Now one of the servants of Sha’ul was there that day, detained before יהוה. And his name was Do’ĕ

⁸ And Dawiḏ

⁹ And the priest said, “The sword of Golyath the Philistine, whom you smote in the Valley of Ě

¹⁰ And Dawiḏ

¹¹ But the servants of Aḵ

¹² And Dawiḏ

¹³ and changed his behaviour before them, and feigned madness in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down on his beard.

¹⁴ Then Aḵ

¹⁵ “Am I short of madmen, that you have brought this one to act as a madman near me? Should this one come into my house?”