1 Samuel 21
Schlachter 1951
Davids Flucht nach Nob
21 Und David kam nach Nob, zum Priester Achimelech. Achimelech aber kam David bestürzt entgegen und sprach zu ihm: Warum kommst du allein und ist kein einziger Mann mit dir? 2 David sprach zum Priester Achimelech: 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 beschieden. 3 Und nun gib mir, was du zur Verfügung hast, etwa fünf Brote, oder was sonst vorhanden ist!
4 Der Priester antwortete David und sprach: Ich habe kein gewöhnliches Brot zur Verfügung, sondern nur heiliges Brot; wenn die Leute sich nur der Weiber enthalten haben! 5 Da antwortete David dem Priester und sprach: Die Weiber waren uns schon gestern und vorgestern versagt, als ich auszog; auch war der Anzug der Leute heilig; und ist auch der Weg selbst gemein, so möge er doch heute wegen des Anzugs auch für heilig gelten! 6 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[a] Brot aufzulegen des Tages, da man sie wegnahm.
7 Es war aber an jenem Tage daselbst vor dem Herrn eingeschlossen ein Mann aus den Knechten Sauls, der hieß Doeg, der Edomiter, einer der mächtigsten Hirten Sauls.
8 Und David fragte Achimelech: Ist hier nicht irgend ein Speer oder ein Schwert unter deiner Hand? Denn ich habe nicht einmal mein Schwert und meine Waffen zur Hand genommen, weil die Sache des Königs solche Eile hatte. 9 Der Priester antwortete: Das Schwert Goliaths, des Philisters, den du im Terebinthentale erschlugest, siehe, das liegt hinter dem Ephod in ein Gewand eingewickelt; wenn du das für dich nehmen willst, so nimm's, denn es ist kein anderes hier außer diesem. David sprach: Es gibt nicht seinesgleichen; gib es mir!
David flieht nach Gat
10 Und David machte sich auf und floh an jenem Tage vor Saul und kam zu Achis, dem König von Gat. 11 Da sprachen Achis' Knechte zu ihm: Ist das nicht David, der König des Landes? Ist das nicht der, von welchem sie im Reigen sangen:
„Saul hat seine Tausend geschlagen,
David aber seine Zehntausend!
12 Diese Worte nahm sich David zu Herzen und fürchtete sich sehr vor Achis, dem König zu Gat. 13 Und er verstellte sich vor ihnen und raste unter ihren Händen und kratzte an den Türflügeln, und ließ den Speichel in seinen Bart fließen.
14 Da sprach Achis zu seinen Knechten: Ihr seht doch, daß der Mann verrückt ist! Was bringt ihr ihn denn zu mir? 15 Fehlt es mir etwa an Verrückten, daß ihr diesen Mann hergebracht habt, damit er gegen mich tobe? Sollte der in mein Haus kommen?
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 21:6 warmes, d.h. frisches (FES)
1 Samuel 21
Legacy Standard Bible
David Takes Consecrated Bread
21 Then David came to (A)Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech (B)came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?” 2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me with a matter and has said to me, ‘(C)Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commanded you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’ 3 So now, what [a]do you have on hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or whatever can be found.” 4 And the priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread [b]on hand, but there is (D)consecrated bread; if only the young men have (E)kept themselves from women.” 5 And David answered the priest and said to him, “(F)Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the (G)vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will [c]their vessels be holy?” 6 So (H)the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the (I)bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.
7 Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was (J)Doeg the Edomite, the (K)chief of Saul’s shepherds.
8 And David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not a spear or a sword [d]on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons in my hand because the king’s matter was urgent.” 9 Then the priest said, “(L)The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down (M)in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it 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 Saul and went to (N)Achish king of Gath. 11 But the (O)servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? (P)Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying,
‘Saul has struck his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”
12 And David (Q)took these words [e]to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. 13 So he (R)disguised his sanity in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me? 15 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman before me? Shall this one come into my house?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 21:3 Lit is under your hand?
- 1 Samuel 21:4 Lit under my hand
- 1 Samuel 21:5 Lit it be holy in the vessel
- 1 Samuel 21:8 Lit under your hand
- 1 Samuel 21:12 Lit in his
1 Samuel 21
King James Version
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?
2 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.
3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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?
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