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1 Samuelsboken 21
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
1 Samuelsboken 21
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
David i Nob
21 David kom till prästen Ahimelek[a] i Nob[b]. Men Ahimelek blev förskräckt när han mötte David och frågade honom: ”Varför kommer du ensam, har du ingen med dig?” 2 David svarade prästen Ahimelek: ”Kungen har gett mig ett uppdrag och sagt till mig: Ingen får veta något om ärendet jag skickat och beordrat dig till. Mina män har jag visat till det och det stället. 3 Vad har du till hands? Ge mig fem bröd eller det som finns.” 4 (A) ”Något vanligt bröd har jag inte”, svarade prästen. ”Det finns bara heligt bröd – ifall dina män har avhållit sig från kvinnor.” 5 (B) David svarade prästen: ”Jag försäkrar dig att kvinnor har varit skilda från oss sedan i förrgår. När jag drar ut är mina mäns utrustning helig[c] även när uppdraget är vanligt. Hur mycket heligare är den då inte i dag?” 6 (C) Då gav prästen honom det heliga, för det fanns inget annat bröd än skådebröden[d]. De hade legat inför Herrens ansikte men burits undan för att ersättas av nybakat bröd samma dag.
7 (D) Men en av Sauls tjänare var där den dagen. Det var edomiten Doeg, den främste av Sauls herdar. Han hölls i förvar[e] inför Herren.
8 David frågade Ahimelek: ”Du har inget spjut eller svärd till hands här? Jag fick varken med mig mitt svärd eller mina andra vapen, eftersom kungens uppdrag var så brådskande.” 9 (E) Prästen svarade: ”Här är svärdet som tillhörde filistén Goliat som du slog i Terebintdalen. Det är insvept i en mantel bakom efoden[f]. Vill du ha det, så ta det. Något annat har jag inte.” David svarade: ”Ge mig det! Maken till det finns inte.”
Davids flykt till Gat
10 (F) David bröt upp och flydde den dagen för Saul och kom till Akish, kungen i Gat. 11 (G) Men Akishs tjänare sade till honom: ”Är det inte David, landets kung? Är det inte om honom de sjunger vid dansen:
”Saul har slagit sina tusen,
David sina tiotusen.”
12 David lade märke till dessa ord och blev mycket rädd för kung Akish i Gat. 13 (H) Därför ändrade han sitt beteende inför dem och spelade galen[g] när de ville hålla fast honom. Han gjorde märken[h] på dörrarna i porten och lät saliven rinna ner i skägget.
14 Då sade Akish till sina tjänare: ”Ni ser ju att mannen är galen. Varför kommer ni med honom till mig? 15 Har jag så ont om galningar att ni måste ta hit den där för att bära sig åt inför mig? Ska en sådan få komma in i mitt hus?”
Footnotes
- 21:1 Ahimelek Ifall Ahia (14:3) är en kortform av samma namn, var Ahimelek ättling till Eli (1:9) över vars släkt ett domsord var uttalat (2:33).
- 21:1 Nob Låg strax norr om Jerusalem (Jes 10:32).
- 21:5 utrustning helig Annan översättning: ”kroppar heliga” (jfr not till 1 Tess 4:4). Sexuellt umgänge krävde rening efteråt (3 Mos 15:16f). Jfr 2 Sam 11:11 med not.
- 21:6 skådebröden Låg som ett ständigt offer inför Gud i tabernaklet (2 Mos 25:30). Jesus hänvisar till händelsen i ett samtal med fariseerna (Matt 12:4, Mark 2:6, Luk 6:4).
- 21:7 hölls i förvar Kunde ske vid misstanke om allvarliga brott (jfr 3 Mos 24:12, 4 Mos 15:34). Annan översättning: ”var kvar” (jfr Dom 13:15).
- 21:9 efoden Färggrann prästdräkt (2 Mos 28:6f, 39:2f).
- 21:13 spelade galen Galenskap förknippades ibland med profetisk extas (Hos 9:7). Som ”helig dåre” hoppas David på immunitet. Efter detta tillfälle skrev David Ps 34 och 56, enligt deras överskrift.
- 21:13 gjorde märken Genom att rista, eller genom att banka (enligt Septuaginta).
1 Samuel 21
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1 Samuel 21
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David at Nob
21 [a]David went to Nob,(A) to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled(B) when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2 David answered Ahimelek the priest, “The king sent me on a mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the mission I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. 3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”
4 But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread(C) on hand; however, there is some consecrated(D) bread here—provided the men have kept(E) themselves from women.”
5 David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual(F) whenever[b] I set out. The men’s bodies are holy(G) even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!” 6 So the priest gave him the consecrated bread,(H) since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the Lord and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7 Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord; he was Doeg(I) the Edomite,(J) Saul’s chief shepherd.
8 David asked Ahimelek, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
9 The priest replied, “The sword(K) of Goliath(L) the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah,(M) is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it; there is no sword here but that one.”
David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
David at Gath
10 That day David fled from Saul and went(N) to Achish king of Gath. 11 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances:
“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands’?”(O)
12 David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath. 13 So he pretended to be insane(P) in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.
14 Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me? 15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 21:1 In Hebrew texts 21:1-15 is numbered 21:2-16.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 Or from us in the past few days since
1 Samuel 21
New King James Version
1 Samuel 21
New King James Version
David and the Holy Bread
21 Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And (A)Ahimelech was (B)afraid when he met David, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, ‘Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.’ And I have directed my young men to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.”
4 And the priest answered David and said, “There is no [a]common bread on hand; but there is (C)holy[b] bread, (D)if the young men have at least kept themselves from women.”
5 Then David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And [c]the (E)vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was consecrated (F)in the vessel this day.”
6 So the priest (G)gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread (H)which had been taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. And his name was (I)Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
8 And David said to Ahimelech, “Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
9 So the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in (J)the Valley of Elah, (K)there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is no other except that one here.”
And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
David Flees to Gath
10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And (L)the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying:
(M)‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”
12 Now David (N)took these words [d]to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 So (O)he changed his behavior before them, pretended [e]madness in their hands, [f]scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me? 15 Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 21:4 ordinary
- 1 Samuel 21:4 consecrated
- 1 Samuel 21:5 The young men are ceremonially undefiled
- 1 Samuel 21:12 Lit. in his heart
- 1 Samuel 21:13 insanity
- 1 Samuel 21:13 scribbled
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