Shmuel | Samuel

[David] arose and left, and Jonathan came back to the city.
21:1
The Kohen answered David, saying, “I have no ordinary bread available; there is only sacred bread, provided that your attendants have kept themselves from women.”
:5
So the Kohen gave him sacred food, for there was no other bread there except for the show-bread that was being removed from before Hashem, in order to place hot bread on the day it is taken off.
:7
Now there on that day was one of Saul’s servants, who lingered before Hashem. His name was Doeg the Edomite; he was the chief of Saul’s shepherds.
:8
The Kohen said, “The sword of Goliath, whom you slew in the Terebinth Valley, is wrapped up in a cloth behind the Ephod; if you want to take it, take it, for there is none other here except for it.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
:10
David arose and fled from Saul on that day, and he came to Achish, king of Gath.
:11
The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is it not him that they sing with the timbrels, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
:12
David took this matter to heart and was greatly afraid of Achish, king of Gath.
:13
So he changed his demeanor in their eyes and feigned madness while in their presence; he scribbled on the doors of the gateway and let his saliva drip into his beard.
:14

Daily Holy Bible Reading

1 And he arose and went away; and Jonathan came to the city.
2 And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech came trembling toward David, and said, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”
3 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king charged me with a matter, and said to me, ‘Let no man know anything concerning the matter upon which I am sending you, and with which I have charged you.’ And I troubled the young men (to advance) to a hidden, secret place.
4 And now, what is there in your possession? Five loaves of bread? Give them into my hand, or whatever is found.”
5 And the priest answered David, and said, “There is no ordinary bread in my possession, but there is holy bread, if the young men have but kept themselves from women.”
6 And David answered the priest, and said to him, “But, women are withheld from us as of yesterday and the day before yesterday when I left, and the young men’s garments are hallowed, and that is in a manner common, and even if today it would be hallowed in the vessel.”
7 And the priest gave him hallowed (bread), for there was no bread there, except the showbread, which was removed from before the Lord, to place warm bread on the day it was taken.
8 And there was a man of Saul’s servants on that day, detained before the Lord: and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.
9 And David said to Ahimelech, “And if there is here in your possession a spear or a sword, for neither my sword nor my weapons have I taken in my hand, for the king’s business was urgent.”
10 And the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you slew in the valley of the terebinth, behold, it is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish to take that for yourself, take it, for there is none besides it here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
11 And David arose, and fled on that day from before Saul; and he came to Achish the king of Gath.
12 And the bondsmen of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Was it not of this one that they would sing out with musical instruments, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?’ “
13 And David took these words to heart, and became very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
14 And he changed his speech before their eyes, and he feigned insanity before them. And he scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down upon his beard.
15 And Achish said to his bondsmen, “Behold, you see a man who is mad. Why do you bring him to me?
16 Do I lack lunatics, that you have brought this one to rave in my presence? Will this one come into my house?”

Exposé | Moral

As King Saul’s Anger Against David Continues To Grow David’s Humility Emerges Even More

Learning from Moses as the most humble person who ever lived, David in his greatness reflects Moses’ character being the youngest in the family.