1 Samuel 21:2

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.

And David {H1732} said {H559} unto Ahimelech {H288} the priest {H3548}, The king {H4428} hath commanded {H6680} me a business {H1697}, and hath said {H559} unto me, Let no man {H376} know {H3045} any thing {H3972} of the business {H1697} whereabout I send {H7971} thee, and what I have commanded {H6680} thee: and I have appointed {H3045} my servants {H5288} to such {H6423} and such {H492} a place {H4725}.

David said to Achimelekh the cohen, "The king has sent me on a mission and told me not to let anyone know its purpose or what I've been ordered to do. I've arranged a place where the guards are to meet me.

“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.

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Cross-References

  • Galatians 2:12 (3 votes)

    For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

  • Colossians 3:9 (2 votes)

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  • Genesis 27:24 (1 votes)

    And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].

  • 1 Samuel 19:17 (1 votes)

    And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

  • Genesis 27:20 (1 votes)

    And Isaac said unto his son, How [is it] that thou hast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought [it] to me.

  • 1 Samuel 22:22 (1 votes)

    And David said unto Abiathar, I knew [it] that day, when Doeg the Edomite [was] there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of thy father's house.

  • 1 Kings 13:18 (1 votes)

    He said unto him, I [am] a prophet also as thou [art]; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied unto him.