HOW  DAVID  FLED  TO  AHIIIELECII,  AND  AFTER-
WARDS TO  THE  KINGS  OP  THE  PHILISTINES-
AND  OF  THE  MOABITES  ;  AND  HOW  SAUL  SLEW
AHIMELECH  AND  HIS  FAMILY.
§  1.  But  David  fled  from  the  king,  and  that
death  he  was  in  danger  of  by  him,  and  came  td
the  city  Nob,  to  Ahimelech  the  priest,  who,
when  he  saw  him  coming  all  alone,  and  neither
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  seciet.
