Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
David's reply here has an element of humor in it.  He said (if we may paraphrase), "Well, not exactly; the women have been kept from the young men"!  This reminds us of what happened once in a big tent revival.  One of the town's leading sinners (then getting somewhat advanced in years) went up to be saved; and one of his neighbors said, "Jackson, you ain't quit your sins; your sins have quit you"!