1Sam 22
1
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his
brethren and all his father`s house heard it, they went down there to him.
2
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one
that was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them:
and there were with him about four hundred men.
3
And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father
and my mother, I pray you, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will
do for me.
4
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while
that David was in the stronghold.
5
And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get you
into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
6
And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now Saul
was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand,
and all his servants were standing about him.
7
And Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will
the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
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that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloses to me
when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is
sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me,
to lie in wait, as at this day?
9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw
the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
10
And he inquired of YHWH for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of
Goliath the Philistine.
11
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father`s
house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
12
And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
13
And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse,
in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that
he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all your servants is so
faithful as David, who is the king`s son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and
is honorable in your house?
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Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king
impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant
knows nothing of all this, less or more.
16
And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father`s house.
17
And the king said to the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of
YHWH; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and
did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their
hand to fall upon the priests of YHWH.
18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite
turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons
that did wear a linen ephod.
19
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and
women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the
sword.
20
And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and
fled after David.
21
And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain YHWH`s priests.
22
And David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that
he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of your
father`s house.
23
Abide you with me, fear not; for he who seeks my life seeks your life: for with me
you shall be in safeguard.