21 Later David came into Nob+ to A·himʹe·lech the priest; and A·himʹe·lech+ began to tremble at meeting David and then said to him: “Why is it you are by yourself, and no one is with you?”+

2 At this David said to A·himʹe·lech the priest: “The king himself commanded me as to a matter,+ and he went on to say to me, ‘Let no one know anything at all of the matter concerning which I am sending you and concerning which I have commanded you.’ And I have made an appointment with the young men* for such and such a place.