Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Yesterday, David fled from Saul with the help of Jonathan, and now David is a fugitive.

Today, we recount a lot of his travels as a man on the lamb. His first stop is in a place

called Knob, which was a religious headquarters at the time, because he needs supplies, food and

weapons. David runs into Ahimelech, the priest, who is the great-grandson of Eli, the priest who raised

Samuel. Ahimilek seems suspicious, but doesn't ask a lot of questions except for why David is

alone. And David lies to him. The first thing we need to address here is that David lies to protect his

own life. This is less like Rahab's lie to protect the spies, and more like Abraham's lie that

Sarah was his sister. When David lies like this, it suggests he doesn't believe

God's promise to make him king. And his lie leads to the slaughter of many innocent people and priests.

The second thing we need to address is that the holy bread is only supposed to be eaten by the

priest. We see Ahimelech make a concession here, people over process. And it's hard to know how to feel

about this at the time. However, Jesus refers to this rule bending in Matthew 12 as a reminder that

inherent in the law is the spirit of the law, which is that God values mercy over law.

While all this is happening, there's another man there who's probably a prisoner of war,

Doeg the Edomite. Saul had defeated the Edomites. You may recall that they're the descendants of

Esau. They were Israel's closest relatives, but also one of their biggest enemies. Doegg pays

attention to everything that's happening. He may think that any information he gains can serve as his

ticket to freedom. He watches carefully as David takes Goliath's sword, the one he used to

behead him, and flees to the land of the Philistines. David goes into enemy territory to escape Saul.

First, he goes to meet Akish, the Lord over the city of Gath, who recognizes him.

David may have wanted to offer himself to Akish as a mercenary, but the people of Gath are

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