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There was no bread except the holy bread, so the priest gave David this bread. This was the bread that the priests put on the holy table before the Lord. Each day they took this bread away and put fresh bread in its place.

One of Saul’s officers was there that day. He was Doeg the Edomite, the leader of Saul’s shepherds.[a] He had been kept there before the Lord.[b]

David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or sword here? The king’s business is very important. I had to leave quickly, and I didn’t bring my sword or any other weapon.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:7 shepherds Or “messengers.”
  2. 1 Samuel 21:7 kept there before the Lord This might mean that Doeg was there as part of a special promise to God or some other religious reason. Or it might mean he was being held there because of some crime, such as accidentally killing a man.

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