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Themes in 1 Samuel 21

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Themes in 1 Samuel 21

1 Samuel 21:1 (show verse)

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?”

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
David » King of israel » Escapes by way of nob, where he obtains shewbread and goliath's sword from abimelech
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nob » The home of ahimelech, the priest
Tabernacle » Was set up » In nob
Tabernacle » Pitched » At nob

David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
David » King of israel » Escapes by way of nob, where he obtains shewbread and goliath's sword from abimelech
Deception » Religious persons guilty of
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Lying » Exemplified » David
Tabernacle » Was set up » In nob
Tabernacle » Pitched » At nob
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Temptation to deceit, examples of

1 Samuel 21:3 (show verse)

Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
David » King of israel » Escapes by way of nob, where he obtains shewbread and goliath's sword from abimelech
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Tabernacle » Was set up » In nob
Tabernacle » Pitched » At nob
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Temptation to deceit, examples of

1 Samuel 21:4 (show verse)

The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Bread » Sacred, called hallowed bread
Bread » Ordinary, called common bread
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
David » King of israel » Escapes by way of nob, where he obtains shewbread and goliath's sword from abimelech
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nob » Probable seat of the tabernacle in saul's time
priests » Revenues of » Show-bread after its removal
Showbread » Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases
Showbread » Called hallowed bread
Tabernacle » Was set up » In nob
Tabernacle » Pitched » At nob

1 Samuel 21:5 (show verse)

David answered the priest and said to him, “Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?”

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
David » King of israel » Escapes by way of nob, where he obtains shewbread and goliath's sword from abimelech
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
priests » Revenues of » Show-bread after its removal
Showbread » Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases
Tabernacle » Was set up » In nob
Tabernacle » Pitched » At nob

1 Samuel 21:6 (show verse)

So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Bread » Hallowed
Bread » Sacred, called hallowed bread
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
David » King of israel » Escapes by way of nob, where he obtains shewbread and goliath's sword from abimelech
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nob » Probable seat of the tabernacle in saul's time
priests » Revenues of » Show-bread after its removal
Shewbread (showbread) » Unlawfully eaten by david
Shewbread (showbread) » Called hallowed bread
Showbread » Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases
Tabernacle » Was set up » In nob
Tabernacle » Pitched » At nob

1 Samuel 21:7 (show verse)

Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
Doeg » An edomite, present when ahimelech helped david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Kings » Officers of » Overseer of royal herds
Oxen » Herdmen appointed over

1 Samuel 21:8 (show verse)

David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s matter was urgent.”

military Arms » For sieges: » Not worn in ordinary times
Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
Haste » Duty of » The king's business requires
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul

1 Samuel 21:9 (show verse)

Then the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”

Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
Elah » A valley where david killed goliath
Goliath » Defied armies of israel and is killed by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nob » Probable seat of the tabernacle in saul's time
Swords » used by » Goliath
Trophies » Goliath's head and armor
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Elah

1 Samuel 21:10 (show verse)

Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath.

Achish » David escapes to
Betrayal » Of david, by doeg
David » King of israel » Escapes to gath
Deception » Instances of » David feigns madness
Fugitives » Instances of » From the wrath of the king » David
Gath » David takes refuge at
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » Kings of » Achish

1 Samuel 21:11 (show verse)

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying,
‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

Achish » David escapes to
David » King of israel » Escapes to gath
Deception » Instances of » David feigns madness
Gath » David takes refuge at
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » Kings of » Achish

1 Samuel 21:12 (show verse)

David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:13 (show verse)

So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard.

Achish » David escapes to
Beard » David
Beards » Dribbling on, a sign of derangement
David » King of israel » Escapes to gath
Deceit » Exemplified » David
Deception » Instances of » David feigns madness
Dissembling » Instances of » David
Dissimulation » Examples of
Duplicity » Dissimulation, examples of
Falsehood » Instances of » David in feigning madness
Gath » David takes refuge at
Insanity » Feigned by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Malingering » Instance of » David feigning madness
Philistines » Kings of » Achish
Trees » The jews » Often buried under

1 Samuel 21:14 (show verse)

Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?

Achish » David escapes to
David » King of israel » Escapes to gath
Deception » Instances of » David feigns madness
Dissembling » Instances of » David
Falsehood » Instances of » David in feigning madness
Gath » David takes refuge at
Insanity » Feigned by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Malingering » Instance of » David feigning madness
Philistines » Kings of » Achish

1 Samuel 21:15 (show verse)

Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”