David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest.
Ahimelech trembled when he saw him and asked him why he was alone?
David replied that the king had sent him on a private matter.
He asked what was there to eat? If there were five loaves of bread?
The priest said there was no regular bread but only the holy bread was there, which can be had only if the young men have not slept with any women recently.
Don’t worry, David replied. Since he never allows his men to be with women when they were on a campaign. And since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more on this one!
Since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread—the Bread of the Presence, that was placed before the LORD in the Tabernacle. It was just been replaced that day with fresh bread. Now Doeg, the Edomite, Saul’s chief herdsman, was there that day, having been detained before the LORD.
David asked Ahimelech, that if he had a spear or sword?
The king’s business was so urgent that he didn’t even have time to grab a weapon!
Ahimelech replied that he only had the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom David killed in the valley of Elah. It was wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod.
For there was nothing else there. David replied “There was nothing like it!” and he asked for it (1 Samuel 21:1-9 NLT)
To ponder:
David lies to the priest saying that the king sent him. In desperate times do lies come out of your mouth?
We might think we are smart but we do not realize that God has prepared Doegs to watch us and to trap us.
So beware of speaking lies !!! God hates a lying tongue.
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