1 Kings — Chapter 21
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Verse 4
Distinction of common and holie bread. Also an example of dispensation in case of necessitie.
Verse 7
& his name was Doeg an Idumcite, the mightieft of Saules paftours. 8. And Dauid faid to Achimelech: Haft chou here at hand a {peare,or a {word 2becaufe myne owne {word, and myne. owne weapons I tooke not with me. for the Kings word haftned forward. 9, And the Prieft faid ; Loe here the {word of Go- liath the Philiftian , whom thou fleweft in the Valley of terebinth , is wrapped vp in a mantel behind the Ephod : if thou wilt take this , take it. for neither is here any other befide that. And Dauid faid: There is none other like to that , giue me it. 10. Dauid therefore arofe , and fled that day trom the face of Saul: and came to Achis the King of Geth, 11, & the feruants of Achis faid to him , when they had feen Dauid : Is nor this Dauid the King of the land? Did they not {ing in dances to this man faying : Saul ftruck a thoufand, and Dauidtenthoufand ? 12. Bue Dauid put ‘thar Dauid had appeared , and the men that were with him. And Saul Dauid.Saul. OF KINGS. 553 ut thefe words in his hact, and feared exceedingly ar the tace ot Achis the King of Geth. 13.And he (b) changed his cou:itenance before them, and flipt downe between their hands : and he {tumbled at thedoores of! the gate , and his fpictle ranne downe vpon his beard. 14. And Achis faid to his feruants: You haue feen the man madde : why hane you! brought him to me?1s, Doe we lack madde men, that you haue brought in this felow , to play the madde man in my prefence ? thal chis man enter into my houfe?
Verse 13
Dauid most wisely in face of the King of Geth, by diuine inspiration, feigned himself to be a foole. The Holy Ghost sheweth that the seruants of God may doe such things not of feare but of diuine wisdom.