²⁰ And now, O king, come·​·down according to all the longing of thy soul to come·​·down; and it will be for us to shut him up in the hand of the king.

^{1 2} And he arose and went; but Jonathan^◦ came into the city. And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech was·​·frightened to meet David, and said to him, Why art thou^◦ alone, and no man^◦ with^◦ thee?