1. David came to Nob where Ahimelech was priest. Ahimelech was shaking in fear when he met David. "Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?" he asked.
2. David answered Ahimelech the priest, "The king has given me orders, but he instructed me, ‘Don’t let anyone know anything about the mission I’m sending you on or about your orders.’ As for my troops, I told them to meet me at an undisclosed location.
3. Now what do you have here with you? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find."
4. "I don’t have any regular bread on hand," the priest answered David, "just holy bread—but only if your troops have abstained from sexual activity."