1 Samuel 21
- 1Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
- 2And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business I am sending you on, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
- 3Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.
- 4And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread. If the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
- 5And David answered the priest, and said to him, Truly women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the items of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were made holy this day in their gear.
- 6So the priest gave him holy bread. For there was no bread there but the holy bread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- 7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg, an Edomite, the foremost of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.
- 8And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king's business was urgent.
- 9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, who you killed in the valley of Elah, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it. For there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that. Give it to me.
- 10And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
- 11And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- 12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was terrified of Achish the king of Gath.
- 13And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
- 14Then Achish said to his servants you see the man is mad: therefore then have you brought him to me?
- 15Have I need of mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Samuel 21 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThen 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?
GIGAKJVThen David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business I am sending you on, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
KJVNow therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
GIGAKJVNow therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread. If the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David answered the priest, and said to him, Truly women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the items of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were made holy this day in their gear.
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo the priest gave him holy bread. For there was no bread there but the holy bread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
KJVNow 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.
GIGAKJVNow a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg, an Edomite, the foremost of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king's business was urgent.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, who you killed in the valley of Elah, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it. For there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that. Give it to me.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
KJVAnd David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
GIGAKJVAnd David laid up these words in his heart, and was terrified of Achish the king of Gath.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
KJVThen said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
GIGAKJVThen Achish said to his servants you see the man is mad: therefore then have you brought him to me?
KJVHave 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?
GIGAKJVHave I need of mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?
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