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Judges 10

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¹ When the boy came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called to him, "Is the arrow not beyond you?"

² And Jonathan called out after the boy, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" So Jonathan's boy picked up the arrow and came back to his master.

³ But the boy was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter.

⁴ Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, "Go, take them to the city."

⁵ As soon as the boy was gone, David got up from the south side [beside the mound of stones] and fell on his face to the ground [in submission and respect], and bowed three times. Then they kissed one another and wept together, but David wept more.

⁶ Jonathan told David, "Go[16] in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and yours forever.'"[17] Then he stood and left, while Jonathan went into the city.

⁷ Then David went to[1] Nob to[2] Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling [in fear] to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?"

⁸ David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commissioned me with a matter and has told me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter for which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you. I have directed the young men to a certain place.'

⁹ Now what [food] do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."

¹⁰ The priest answered David, "There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is[3] consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women."

¹¹ David answered the priest, "Be assured that[4] women have been kept from us in these three days since I set out, and the[5] bodies of the young men were consecrated (ceremonially clean), although it was an ordinary (unconsecrated) journey; so how much more will their vessels be holy today?"

¹² So the priest gave him the consecrated bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the[6] Presence which was removed from before the LORD in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.

¹³ Now one of Saul's servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds.

¹⁴ David said to Ahimelech, "Do you not have a sword or spear here on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my [other] weapons with me, because the king's business was urgent."

¹⁵ Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, do so. For there is no other here except for it." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me."

¹⁶ Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of[7] Gath.

¹⁷ The servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing in praise of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?"

¹⁸ David took these words to heart and was greatly afraid of Achish king of Gath.

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1	When the boy came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called to him, "Is the arrow not beyond you?"
2	And Jonathan called out after the boy, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" So Jonathan's boy picked up the arrow and came back to his master.
3	But the boy was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter.
4	Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, "Go, take them to the city."
5	As soon as the boy was gone, David got up from the south side [beside the mound of stones] and fell on his face to the ground [in submission and respect], and bowed three times. Then they kissed one another and wept together, but David wept more.
6	Jonathan told David, "Go[16] in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and yours forever.'"[17] Then he stood and left, while Jonathan went into the city.
7	Then David went to[1] Nob to[2] Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling [in fear] to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?"
8	David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commissioned me with a matter and has told me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter for which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you. I have directed the young men to a certain place.'
9	Now what [food] do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."
10	The priest answered David, "There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is[3] consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women."
11	David answered the priest, "Be assured that[4] women have been kept from us in these three days since I set out, and the[5] bodies of the young men were consecrated (ceremonially clean), although it was an ordinary (unconsecrated) journey; so how much more will their vessels be holy today?"
12	So the priest gave him the consecrated bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the[6] Presence which was removed from before the LORD in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.
13	Now one of Saul's servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds.
14	David said to Ahimelech, "Do you not have a sword or spear here on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my [other] weapons with me, because the king's business was urgent."
15	Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, do so. For there is no other here except for it." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me."
16	Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of[7] Gath.
17	The servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing in praise of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?"
18	David took these words to heart and was greatly afraid of Achish king of Gath.

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