The king hath commanded me a business: this seems to be a plain lie, extorted from him by fear and necessity. But as it was officious for himself, so it was pernicious to all the priests there. Whence David afterwards declares his repentance for this sin of lying, Psa_119:29.
To such and such a place; to a certain place which is not material nor convenient now to mention, because the whole business requires concealment.