^{2 3} And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a word and has said to^▵ me, Let not a man^◦ know anything of the word about which I^▵ send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I made the lads to know the way to^▵ a place set·​·apart and isolated^*.

¹⁷ And he said unto^▵ him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou^◦ shalt be·​·king over Israel, and I^▵ shall be second unto thee, and that also Saul my father knows.