Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the kohen, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the kohanim that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the kohen: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?