⁶ David answered the priest: “We have indeed stayed away from women. In the past whenever I went out on a campaign, all the young men were consecrated—even for an ordinary campaign. All the more so are they consecrated with their weapons today!” ⁷ So the priest gave him holy bread, for no other bread was on hand except the showbread which had been removed from before the Lord and replaced by fresh bread when it was taken away.^{(A) 8} One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord;^[a] his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.^(B)