1 SAMUEL 21:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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 Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said, Why are you alone, and no one with you? — Ahimelech's *va'yiprad Achimelek b'qarato et David*, was afraid at his coming, suggests both recognition of David's status and fear of what his unexpected arrival portends. The priest's question—*madua atah levadecha v'ain itcha ish*—reveals suspicion; a man of David's rank does not travel alone, and his solitude suggests either misfortune or transgression.
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