5 And David answered the priest and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us since yesterday and the day before yesterday since I came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy although the way is profane; how much more that today it shall be sanctified with the vessels.
6 So the priest gave him the sacred bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread that had been taken from before the Lord to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7 Now a certain man of the slaves of Saul was there that day, fulfilling a vow before the Lord, and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the principal of the pastors of Saul.
8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand a spear or a sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me because the king’s business required haste.
9 And the priest replied, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst overcome in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a veil behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it, for there is none other except that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me.
10 And David arose and fled that day from the presence of Saul and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
11 And the slaves of Achish said unto him, Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands?