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BUT David fled from the king, and that death he was in danger of
by him, and came to the city Nob, to Ahimelech the priest, who, when he
saw him coming all alone, and neither a friend nor a servant with him,
he wondered at it, and desired to learn of him the cause why there was
nobody with him. To which David answered, That the king had commanded him
to do a certain thing that was to be kept secret, to which, if he had a
mind to know so much, he had no occasion for any one to accompany him;
"however, I have ordered my servants to meet me at such and such a
place." So he desired him to let him have somewhat to eat; and that
in case he would supply him, be would act the part of a friend, and be
assisting to the business he was now about: and when he had obtained what
he desired, he also asked him whether he had any weapons with him, either
sword or spear. Now there was at Nob a servant of Saul, by birth a Syrian,
whose name was Doeg, one that kept the king's mules. The high priest said
that he had no such weapons; but, he added, "Here is the sword of
Goliath, which, when thou hadst slain the Philistine, thou didst dedicate
to God."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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