Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 21:6-9

6SoH1961thepriestH3548gaveוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559himholyH6944bread: for there wasnoH518bread there but the shewbread, that wastakenH1961frombeforeבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117the LORD, toputH3318hot bread in thedayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117when it wastakenH1961awayH3318.

7NowH1961a certain man of theservantsH8033of Saul was there thatdayH3117, detainedbeforeH6440theLORDH3068; and hisnameאִם־'im-H518was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen thatbelongedH1961to Saul.

8AndDavidבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117said unto Ahimelech, And is therenotנֶעְצָר֙ne'.TzarH6113hereוְשָׁ֡םve.ShamH8033underH6440thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons withmeH6440,becauseאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834the king’s business required haste.

9And the priestsaidH559, TheswordH2719of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slowest in the vale of Elah,beholdH3808, it ishereפֹּ֥הpohH6311wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod:ifH3588thou wilttakeלָקַ֣חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947that,takeתִּֽקַּח־ti.kach-H3947it: for there isnoH3808otherH6311save thathereH6311. AndDavidH1732saidH559, There isnoneH3808like that;giveהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961itmeקָ֔חKachH3947.

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