And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king has charged me with a business, and has said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have directed my young men to such and such a place.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

The king This was an untruth, which David, like many other great men, might think lawful in such an emergency. But it is essentially evil. (Calmet) And such, which he deems it unnecessary to specify. Septuagint retain the Hebrew words, "Phelanni almoni. "See Ruth iv. 1.

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