Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.”
In those days a man will say to his brother, “Since you have a coat, you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
If I were in charge here, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say to him, ‘Get some soldiers, and come out and fight!’”
“The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later.
“We don’t have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”