1 Samuel 21:2 (WEB)
David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you. I have sent the young men to a certain place.’
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.18Conference XVII
“…changed his countenance before them, and slipped down between their hands; and stumbled against the doors of the gate and his spittle ran down on his beard;” when they were even allowed to enjoy crowds of wives and concubines, and no sin was on this account imputed to them, and when moreover they often shed the…” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xxi. 1, 2, 8, 13.
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Tertullian
“For from the Creator’s Scripture, and from the purpose of Christ, there is derived a colourable precedent—as from the example of David, when he went into the temple on the Sabbath, and provided food by boldly breaking up the shew-bread.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 1–4; 1 Sam. xxi. 2–6.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVII.18.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVII.18.