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? (21:1)

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. (21:2)

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand, or what there is present. (21:3)

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. (21:4)

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. (21:5)

So the priest gave him hallowed [bread]: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. (21:6)

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. (21:7)

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's business required haste. (21:8)

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. (21:9)

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. (21:10)

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (22:9)

And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. (22:10)