Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house? — Ahimelech's defense (*va'yaan Achimelek et hamelekh va'yomer va'mi b'khol avadecha ne'eman k'David*, who among all your servants is faithful as David) invokes David's official status: *choten hamelekh* (the king's son-in-law), *sar ha'shamrim* (captain of the bodyguard), *nikbad b'vetecha* (honored in your house). Ahimelech's argument suggests that David's loyalty to Saul remains intact, that his request for food and weapons was not for rebellion but for official business.

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