1.Samuel 21 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 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.”* 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.* 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!”

King James Version

1 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' 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?

1.Samuel 21 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk King James Version

David på flugt fra Saul