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David bei den Priestern von Nob

21 Und David machte sich auf und ging; Jonathan aber kam in die Stadt.

Und David begab sich nach Nob, zu dem Priester Achimelech. Achimelech aber kam David bestürzt entgegen und sprach zu ihm: Warum kommst du allein, und es ist kein einziger Mann bei dir?

David sprach zu Achimelech, dem Priester: Der König hat mir etwas befohlen und zu mir gesagt: Lass niemand wissen, warum ich dich gesandt und was ich dir befohlen habe! Die Leute aber habe ich da und dahin bestellt.

Und nun, was hast du zur Hand? Gib mir fünf Brote oder was sonst vorhanden ist!

Der Priester antwortete David und sprach: Ich habe kein gewöhnliches Brot zur Verfügung, sondern nur heiliges Brot; wenn die Leute sich nur der Frauen enthalten haben!

Da antwortete David dem Priester und sprach: Die Frauen waren uns schon gestern und vorgestern versagt, als ich auszog; auch waren die Leiber[a] der Leute rein, obwohl dies ein gewöhnlicher Auftrag[b] ist — um wie viel mehr werden sie heute am Leib rein sein!

Da gab ihm der Priester heiliges [Brot]; denn es war kein anderes da außer den Schaubroten, die man von dem Angesicht des Herrn hinweggetan hatte, um warmes Brot aufzulegen an dem Tag, da man sie wegnahm.

An jenem Tag war aber dort vor dem Herrn ein Mann von den Knechten Sauls eingeschlossen, der hieß Doeg, der Edomiter, der Aufseher über die Hirten Sauls.

Und David fragte Achimelech: Gibt es nicht irgendeinen Speer oder ein Schwert bei dir? Denn ich habe nicht einmal mein Schwert und meine Waffen zur Hand genommen, weil die Sache des Königs solche Eile hatte.

David flieht zu den Philistern nach Gat

10 Der Priester antwortete: Das Schwert Goliaths, des Philisters, den du im Terebinthental erschlagen hast, siehe, das liegt hinter dem Ephod in ein Gewand eingewickelt; wenn du das für dich nehmen willst, so nimm es, denn es ist kein anderes hier außer diesem. David sprach: Es gibt nicht seinesgleichen; gib es mir!

11 Und David machte sich auf und floh an jenem Tag vor Saul und kam zu Achis, dem König von Gat.

12 Da sprachen die Knechte des Achis zu ihm: Ist das nicht David, der König des Landes? Ist das nicht der, von welchem sie im Reigen sangen: »Saul hat seine Tausende geschlagen, David aber seine Zehntausende«?

13 Diese Worte nahm sich David zu Herzen und fürchtete sich sehr vor Achis, dem König von Gat.

14 Und er stellte sich wahnsinnig vor ihren Augen und gebärdete sich wie verrückt unter ihren Händen und kritzelte an die Flügel des [Stadt]tores und ließ seinen Speichel in seinen Bart fließen.

15 Da sprach Achis zu seinen Knechten: Ihr seht doch, dass der Mann verrückt ist! Was bringt ihr ihn denn zu mir?

16 Fehlt es mir etwa an Verrückten, dass ihr diesen Mann hergebracht habt, damit er bei mir tobt? Sollte der in mein Haus kommen?

Footnotes

  1. (21,6) w. Gefäße.
  2. (21,6) w. Weg.

David at Nob

21 [a]David went to the priest Ahimelech at Nob. Ahimelech was trembling as he went to meet David. “Why are you alone?” he asked David. “Why is no one with you?”

“The king ordered me to do something,” David answered the priest Ahimelech, “and he told me, ‘No one must know anything about this mission I’m sending you on and about the orders I’ve given you. I’ve stationed[b] my young men at a certain place.’” David added, “Now, what do you have to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.”

“I don’t have any ordinary bread,” the chief priest answered David. “But there is holy bread for the young men if they haven’t had sexual intercourse today.”

David answered the priest, “Of course women have been kept away from us as usual when we go on a mission. The young men’s bodies are kept holy even on ordinary campaigns. How much more then will their bodies be holy today?”

So the priest gave him holy bread because he only had the bread of the presence which had been taken from Yahweh’s presence and replaced with warm bread that day.

That same day one of Saul’s servants who was obligated to stay in Yahweh’s presence was there. His name was Doeg. A foreman for Saul’s shepherds, he was from Edom.

David asked Ahimelech, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I didn’t take either my spear or any other weapon because the king’s business was urgent.”

The chief priest answered, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Elah Valley, is here. It is wrapped in a cloth behind the priestly ephod.[c] If you want to take it, take it. There’s no other weapon here.”

David said, “There’s none like it. Let me have the sword.”

David at Gath

10 That day David left. He was still fleeing from Saul when he came to King Achish of Gath. 11 Achish’s officers asked, “Isn’t this David, the king of his country? He’s the one they used to sing about in the dances:

‘Saul has defeated thousands
    but David tens of thousands.’”

12 When David realized what they had said, he was terrified of King Achish of Gath. 13 So he changed his behavior when he was in their presence and acted insane as long as he was under their authority. He scribbled on the doors of the city gate and let his spit run down his beard.

14 Achish said to his officers, “Look at him! Don’t you see that he’s insane? Why bring him to me? 15 Do I have such a shortage of lunatics that you bring this man so that he can show me he is insane? Does this man have to come into my house?”

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:1 1 Samuel 21:1–15 in English Bibles is 1 Samuel 21:2–16 in the Hebrew Bible.
  2. 1 Samuel 21:2 Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek; Masoretic Text “I’ve informed.”
  3. 1 Samuel 21:9 Ephod is a technical term for a part of the priest’s clothes. Its exact usage and shape are unknown.

21 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

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?”

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. Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”

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.”

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!” 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.

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.

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.”

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. 1 Samuel 21:1 In Hebrew texts 21:1-15 is numbered 21:2-16.
  2. 1 Samuel 21:5 Or from us in the past few days since