The Priest Gave Him the Consecrated Bread

1 Samuel 21:1-15

Key Verse 1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the LORD and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.

Read verses 1-7. Where does David go? (1a) What does Ahimelek ask him? (1b) What is David’s answer? (2) What does David ask? (3) What can the priest offer to David to eat? (4) How does David persuade him to give the consecrated bread? (5, 6; Lev 24:5-9; Mk 2:25-26) Who was there? (7) 

Read verses 8-9. What else does David ask for? (8) What is the priest’s answer? (9a) What does David say? (9b) 

Read verses 10-12. Where does David go next? (10; 1 Sam 17:4) What do the servants of Achish say about David? (11) What might have David’s heart been going through? (12, Psalm 56:3, 4) 

Read verses 13 -15. What does David do? (13) What is the king’s response? (14,15) How might David have felt at hearing the king’s response? (Psalm 34:4,19)