vessels of the young men were holy.
Now this way is defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this day in the
vessels.

The vessels... i. e., the bodies, have been holy, that is, have been
kept from impurity.-Ibid. Is defiled... Is liable to expose us to
dangers of uncleanness.-Ibid. Be sanctified, etc... That is, we shall
take care, notwithstanding these dangerous circumstances, to keep our
vessels holy, that is, to keep our bodies from every thing that may
defile us.

21:6. The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no
bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken
away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up.

21:7. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
within the tabernacle of the Lord: and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,
the chiefest of Saul's herdsmen.

21:8. And David said to Achimelech: Hast thou here at hand a spear, or a
sword? for I brought not my own sword, nor my own weapons with me, for
the king's business required haste.

21:9. And the priest said: Lo, here is the sword of Goliath, the
Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Terebinth, wrapped up in
a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take this, take it, for here
there is no other but this. And David said: There is none like that,
give it me.

21:10. And David arose and fled that day from the face of Saul: and came
to Achis, the king of Geth:

21:11. And the servants of Achis, when they saw David, said to him: Is
not this David, the king of the land? Did they not sing to him in their
dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten
thousands?

21:12. But David laid up these words in his heart, and was exceedingly
afraid at the face of Achis, the king of Geth.

21:13. And he changed his countenance before them, and slipt down
between their hands: and he stumbled against the doors of the gate, and
his spittle ran down upon his beard.

21:14. And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have
you brought him to me?

21:15. Have we need of mad men, that you have brought in this fellow, to
play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

1 Kings Chapter 22

Many resort to David. Doeg accuseth Achimelech to Saul. He ordereth him
and all the other priests of Nobe to be slain. Abiathar escapeth.

22:1. David therefore went from thence, and fled to the cave of Odollam.
And when his brethren, and a