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21:1 大卫到了挪伯祭司亚希米勒那里，亚希米勒战战兢兢地出来迎接他，问他说，你为什么独自来，没有人跟随呢。
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?
21:2 大卫回答祭司亚希米勒说，王吩咐我一件事说，我差遣你委托你的这件事，不要使人知道。故此我已派定少年人在某处等候我。
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.
21:3 现在你手下有什么。求你给我五个饼或是别样的食物。
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
21:4 祭司对大卫说，我手下没有寻常的饼，只有圣饼。若少年人没有亲近妇人才可以给。
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.
21:5 大卫对祭司说，实在约有三日我们没有亲近妇人。我出来的时候，虽是寻常行路，少年人的器皿还是洁净的。何况今日不更是洁净吗。
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.
21:6 祭司就拿圣饼给他。因为在那里没有别样饼，只有更换新饼，从耶和华面前撤下来的陈设饼。
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
21:7 当日有扫罗的一个臣子留在耶和华面前。他名叫多益，是以东人，作扫罗的司牧长。
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.
21:8 大卫问亚希米勒说，你手下有枪有刀没有。因为王的事甚急，连刀剑器械我都没有带。
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.
21:9 祭司说，你在以拉谷杀非利士人歌利亚的那刀在这里，裹在布中，放在以弗得后边，你要就可以拿去。除此以外，再没有别的。大卫说，这刀没有可比的。求你给我。
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.
21:10 那日大卫起来，躲避扫罗，逃到迦特王亚吉那里。
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
21:11 亚吉的臣仆对亚吉说，这不是以色列国王大卫吗。那里的妇女跳舞唱和，不是指着他说扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀死万万吗。
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
21:12 大卫将这话放在心里，甚惧怕迦特王亚吉，
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
21:13 就在众人面前改变了寻常的举动，在他们手下假装疯癫，在城门的门扇上胡写乱画，使唾沫流在胡子上。
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
21:14 亚吉对臣仆说，你们看，这人是疯子。为什么带他到我这里来呢。
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
21:15 我岂缺少疯子，你们带这人来在我面前疯癫吗。这人岂可进我的家呢。
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
撒母耳记上21参考
祭司将圣饼给大卫吃，不是违反了律法吗？
21:1-7 圣经在这里第一次提到祭司亚希米勒。他可能是14章3节和第8节所提到的亚希亚，或者是他的继任者。不管是谁，总之他不拘泥于律法，将圣饼给大卫吃了，那饼本来只应当给祭司吃（参利24:5-9）。亚希米勒看大卫的需要与生命重于宗教礼仪，将圣饼给他吃。这事证明了爱人是更高的律法（参利19:18）。许多世纪以后，主耶稣引述这件事，说明履行神的律法不可不要同情心。救命与行善乃是神更大的律法（参太12:1-8；路6:1-5）。
为保护自己或他人而撒谎，也是罪吗？
21:2 大卫为躲避扫罗而撒谎。有些人宽恕他这种行为，认为在争战之中，正义的军人可以如此保护自己。但是在圣经上并没有同情大卫撒谎的文字。相反的，因他撒谎，死了八十五个祭司（22:9-19）。他这一点谎言似乎无伤大雅，想不到却会产生悲剧。圣经讲得很清楚，撒谎是错的（参：利19:11），在神眼中，撒谎和别的罪一样，会产生好些苦果。不要轻看罪，或将罪分等级，不管我们能否预见后果，都应当拒绝罪。
少年人的器皿，是指──
21:5 大卫说少年人的器皿，指少年人的身体在礼仪上是洁净的，因为他们在行路的时候，没有亲近妇女与之行房。所以祭司准许他们吃圣饼。
十二个陈设饼代表甚么？
21:6 每礼拜的安息日祭司进入会幕的圣所，将新烤的十二个饼放在桌子上，称之为陈设饼，象徵神亲自在人民中间，正如他的慈爱眷顾，供给他们肉体的需要一样。被换下来的饼，只有在职的祭司才可以吃。
这把战利品的刀竟然在这里……
21:9 以弗得是祭司所穿的背心（参2:18的第二项注释）。大卫不知道他杀歌利亚的刀被放在以弗得后面，可能因为他夺了那刀杀死巨人时还年轻，后来又回家住了很长时间。
迦特是甚么人的地方？他们与大卫的关系如何？
21:11-15 迦特是非利士人的五个主要城市之一。非利士人为甚么接待宿敌大卫来到营中呢？他们可能喜欢收留对方变节的高级军事领袖，来对付仇敌扫罗，却不知道大卫已经受膏要作以色列下一任的王（16:13）。但是，他们不久就疑忌大卫，何况他曾杀死他们成千上万的同胞（18:7）。大卫最终要装疯自保，因为他们的习俗是不伤害精神不健全的人。