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1 Samuel 21-22
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1 Samuel 21-22
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21 Så skiltes de. David forsvandt over markerne, og Jonatan gik hjem.
David på flugt fra Saul
2 David kom til byen Nob, hvor han opsøgte præsten Ahimelek. Ahimelek blev fyldt med bange anelser, da han så David komme alene.
„Hvorfor kommer du uden dine mænd?” spurgte han.
3 „Kongen har sendt mig ud i et hemmeligt ærinde,” løj David, „og han gav mig klare instrukser om ikke at røbe mit ærinde for nogen. Jeg har sat mine mænd stævne på et aftalt sted. 4 Men sig mig, har du noget jeg kan spise? Giv mig fem brød, eller hvad du nu har.”
5 „Almindeligt brød har jeg ikke noget af,” svarede præsten. „Men der er de hellige brød fra Herrens telt. Dem kan du og dine mænd vel godt få, hvis I ikke er urene efter seksuel kontakt med kvinder.”[a]
6 „Du kan være ganske rolig,” svarede David. „Vi har ikke været i nærheden af kvinder siden i forgårs, da vi startede turen. Når mine mænd holder sig rene under de almindelige krigstogter, hvor meget mere da ikke under en vigtig mission, som den vi er på i dag.”
7 Da der ikke var anden mad til rådighed, gav præsten ham de gamle, hellige brød, som var fjernet fra bordet i Herrens bolig. De bliver jo udskiftet med friske brød hver uge.[b]
8 Tilfældigvis opholdt Sauls overhyrde, edomitten Doeg, sig netop på det tidspunkt ved Herrens bolig, så han hørte samtalen.
9 David spurgte Ahimelek: „Har du ikke et spyd eller et sværd, jeg kan låne? Jeg nåede ikke at få mine våben med, fordi kongens ærinde havde sådan en hast.”
10 „Jeg har filisteren Goliats sværd, ham du slog ihjel i Elahdalen,” svarede Ahimelek. „Det må du få, hvis du vil have det. Det ligger omme bag den hellige efod rullet ind i en kappe. Der er ikke andre våben her.”
„Der findes ikke et bedre sværd,” udbrød David. „Giv mig det!”
11 Samme dag fortsatte David flugten fra Saul og kom til filisterkongen Akish i Gat. 12 „Jamen, er det ikke Israels kommende konge, vi giver husly?” spurgte Akish’ mænd hinanden. „Var det ikke til hans ære, at kvinderne dansede og sang: ‚Saul har besejret sine tusinder, men David har besejret sine titusinder!’?”
13 Da David hørte, hvordan man snakkede om ham, blev han bange for, hvad kong Akish ville gøre ved ham. 14 Derfor begyndte han at spille sindssyg. Han kradsede på byporten og lod sit spyt flyde ned i skægget. 15 Da han blev fanget og ført til kong Akish, sagde Akish til sine mænd: „Hvorfor kommer I herhen med ham? I kan da se, at manden er gal. 16 Synes I ikke, vi har gale folk nok her? Jeg vil ikke have sådan en i mit hus!”
400 fredløse slutter sig til David
22 Så forlod David Gat og bragte sig i sikkerhed i Adullams klippehule. Dér sluttede hans brødre og andre slægtninge sig til ham. 2 I alt 400 mand samlede sig omkring ham. Det var folk, som var utilfredse med landets tilstand eller var kommet i vanskeligheder, var undertrykte eller forgældede.
3 Senere drog David til Mitzpa i Moab og sagde til Moabs konge: „Lad mine forældre få lov at opholde sig hos jer, indtil jeg bliver klar over Guds plan for mig.” 4 Han bragte dem så til Moabs konge, og de blev boende der, så længe David holdt til i sin fæstning i klippehulen.
5 En dag kom profeten Gad til David og sagde: „Du skal ikke blive i klippehulen, men vende tilbage til Judas land.” Så tog David af sted og kom til Heretskoven.
Massakren på præsterne
6 Saul hørte snart, at David og hans mænd var kommet tilbage til Judas land. Selv opholdt han sig stadig i Gibea, hvor han sad under en tamarisk med sit spyd i hånden. Omkring ham stod alle hans ledende mænd. 7 „Hør efter, I mænd af Benjamins stamme!” sagde Saul. „Mon denne Isajs søn har lovet jer guld og grønne skove, når han engang bliver konge? 8 Hvorfor har I rottet jer sammen imod mig? Ikke én af jer har fortalt mig, at min egen søn har indgået en venskabspagt med den fyr. Ingen af jer har taget så meget hensyn til mig, at I har villet fortælle mig, at min egen søn har opmuntret min tjener til at ligge på lur efter mig, som han gør nu.”
9-10 Da svarede edomitten Doeg, som stod blandt Sauls mænd: „Da jeg var i Nob, hørte jeg, at David talte med præsten Ahimelek, søn af Ahitub. Ahimelek søgte råd hos Herren for ham, og gav ham rejseproviant og filisteren Goliats sværd.”
11-12 Saul sendte straks bud efter Ahimelek og hele hans familie, som var præster i Nob. Da de indfandt sig, sagde Saul: „Hør nu her, Ahitubs søn!” „Ja, herre!” svarede Ahimelek.
13 „Sig mig, hvorfor har du og Isajs søn rottet jer sammen imod mig? Hvorfor gav du ham rejseproviant og våben, og hvorfor rådspurgte du Gud for ham? Hvorfor har du opmuntret ham til forræderi, så han nu lurer på en anledning til at styrte mig fra tronen?”
14 „Jamen herre,” indvendte Ahimelek. „David er jo den mest loyale af alle dine tjenere! Han er din egen svigersøn! Han bliver aldrig antastet af dine livvagter, og han nyder stor anseelse ved hoffet. 15 Det er langtfra første gang, jeg har rådspurgt Gud for ham. Du må ikke anklage mig og min familie, for vi har intet kendskab til nogen sammensværgelse imod dig.”
16 „Du skal dø, Ahimelek, og hele din familie med!” hvæsede Saul. 17 Så råbte han til sine livvagter, som stod omkring ham: „Henret hele flokken af præster, for de har allieret sig med David. På trods af at de udmærket vidste, at David var på flugt for mig, røbede de ikke noget om ham til mig.”
Men livvagterne nægtede at slå Herrens præster ihjel. 18 Så sagde kongen til edomitten Doeg: „Så må du slå præsterne ihjel!” Den dag dræbte Doeg 85 præster, der var iklædt deres præstedragter. 19 I Nob, hvor præsterne havde deres hjem, blev alle mænd, kvinder, børn og spædbørn myrdet, endog deres køer, æsler, geder og får blev hugget ned. 20 Den eneste, der undslap, var Ebjatar, en søn af Ahimelek. Han flygtede straks til David. 21 Da han fortalte, hvad Saul havde gjort, 22 udbrød David: „Jeg burde have sagt mig selv, at når Doeg var der, ville han sladre til Saul. Så det er mig, der er skyld i den tragedie, der har ramt din familie. 23 Bliv hos mig, og vær ikke bange. Den, som vil dig til livs, vil også mig til livs. Men her er du i sikkerhed.”
Footnotes
- 21,5 Jf. 3.Mos. 15,16-18.
- 21,7 Jf. 3.Mos. 24,5-9.
1 Samuel 21-22
New International Version
1 Samuel 21-22
New International Version
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?”
David at Adullam and Mizpah
22 David left Gath and escaped to the cave(Q) of Adullam.(R) When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there. 2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered(S) around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.
3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?” 4 So he left them with the king of Moab,(T) and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.
5 But the prophet Gad(U) said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.(V)
Saul Kills the Priests of Nob
6 Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated,(W) spear in hand, under the tamarisk(X) tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. 7 He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders(Y) of thousands and commanders of hundreds? 8 Is that why you have all conspired(Z) against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant(AA) with the son of Jesse.(AB) None of you is concerned(AC) about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”
9 But Doeg(AD) the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub(AE) at Nob.(AF) 10 Ahimelek inquired(AG) of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions(AH) and the sword(AI) of Goliath the Philistine.”
11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. 12 Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.”
“Yes, my lord,” he answered.
13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired(AJ) against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?”
14 Ahimelek answered the king, “Who(AK) of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household? 15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father’s family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.”
16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.(AL)”
17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.”
But the king’s officials were unwilling(AM) to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.
18 The king then ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests.”(AN) So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.(AO) 19 He also put to the sword(AP) Nob,(AQ) the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.
20 But one son of Ahimelek son of Ahitub,(AR) named Abiathar,(AS) escaped and fled to join David.(AT) 21 He told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22 Then David said to Abiathar, “That day, when Doeg(AU) the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family. 23 Stay with me; don’t be afraid. The man who wants to kill you(AV) is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.”
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 21-22
King James Version
1 Samuel 21-22
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?
22 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
10 And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord's priests.
22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
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