1 Samuel 21:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² David said to the priest Ahimelech, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘No one must know anything of the matter about which I send you and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has charged me with a matter and has told me, Let no man know anything of the mission on which I send you and with what I have charged you. I have appointed the young men to a certain place.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.

Common English Bible

² David answered Ahimelech the priest, “The king has given me orders, but he instructed me, ‘Don’t let anyone know anything about the mission I’m sending you on or about your orders.’ As for my troops, I told them to meet me at an undisclosed location.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And David said to the priest Ahimelech: "The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: 'Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And David said to Achimelech the priest: The king hath commanded me a business, and said: Let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me, and what manner of commands I have given thee. And I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

1 Samuel 21:2 Cross References

Genesis 27:20

But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.”

Genesis 27:24

He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

1 Kings 13:18

Then the other said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, ‘Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat food and drink water.’ ” But he was deceiving him.

Nehemiah 11:32

Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

Psalm 119:29

Put false ways far from me, and graciously teach me your law.

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Isaiah 10:32

This very day he will halt at Nob; he will shake his fist at the mount of daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Galatians 2:12

for until certain people came from James, he used to eat with the gentiles. But after they came, he drew back and kept himself separate for fear of the circumcision faction.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I kill you?’ ”

1 Samuel 21:3

Now then, what have you at hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever is here.”

1 Samuel 22:22

David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the lives of all your father’s house.

1 Samuel 22:9

Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub;