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1 Samuel 21:1

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David Goes to Nob

51Then David52 got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city. 21:1David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met1 David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 51 Beginning with 20:42b, the verse numbers through 21:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (), with 20:42b = 21:1 , 21:1 = 21:2 , 21:2 = 21:3 , etc., through 21:15 = 21:16 . With 22:1 the verse numbers in the and are again the same.
  2. 52 Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 1 Heb “trembled to meet.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

David went to Nob, to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

David went to the priest Ahimelech at Nob. Ahimelech was afraid to meet David, so he said to him, “Why are you alone and no one is with you?”

NLTNew Living Translation

David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came trembling to meet David, and he said to him, “Why are you alone and there are no men with you?”

KJV 1900King James Version

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?