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February 7—Doeg and David Read 1 Sam. 21: 1–7 and 1 Sam. 22: 6–23 Psalm 52’s lengthy heading reads: “To the chief Muscian, Maschil, a Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.”  In the passages that we read for today, David and his men are fleeing from Saul, but they are hungry.  David requests food from Ahimelech the priest, who is suspicious of David’s sudden and secretive arrival.  David lies—“I am on a...