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1
So David
departed
from
there
and escaped
to the cave
of Adullam;
and when his brothers
and all
his father's
household
heard
of it, they went down
there
to him.
2
Everyone
who
was in distress,
and everyone
who
was in debt,
and everyone
who
was discontented
gathered
to him; and he became
captain
over
them. Now there were about four
hundred
men
with him.
3
And David
went
from there
to Mizpah
of Moab;
and he said
to the king
of Moab,
"Please
let my father
and my mother
come
and stay with you until
I know
what
God
will do
for me."
4
Then he left
them with the king
of Moab;
and they stayed
with him all
the time
that David
was in the stronghold.
5
The prophet
Gad
said
to David,
"Do not stay
in the stronghold;
depart,
and go
into the land
of Judah."
So David
departed
and went
into the forest
of Hereth.
6
Then Saul
heard
that David
and the men
who
were with him had been discovered.
Now Saul
was sitting
in Gibeah,
under
the tamarisk tree
on the height
with his spear
in his hand,
and all
his servants
were standing
around
him.
7
Saul
said
to his servants
who stood
around
him, "Hear
now,
O Benjamites!
Will the son
of Jesse
also
give
to all
of you fields
and vineyards?
Will he make
you all
commanders
of thousands
and
commanders
of hundreds?
8
"For all
of you have conspired
against
me so that there
is no one
who discloses
to me when my son
makes
a covenant with the son
of Jesse,
and there is none
of you who is sorry
for me or discloses
to me that my son
has stirred
up my servant
against
me to lie in ambush,
as it is this
day."
9
Then Doeg
the Edomite,
who
was standing
by the servants
of Saul,
said,
"I saw
the son
of Jesse
coming
to Nob,
to Ahimelech
the son
of Ahitub.
10
"He inquired
of the LORD
for him, gave
him provisions,
and gave
him the sword
of Goliath
the Philistine."
11
Then the king
sent
someone to summon
Ahimelech
the priest,
the son
of Ahitub,
and all
his father's
household,
the priests
who
were in Nob;
and all
of them came
to the king.
12
Saul
said,
"Listen
now,
son
of Ahitub."
And he answered,
"Here
I am, my lord."
13
Saul
then said
to him, "Why
have you and the son
of Jesse
conspired
against
me, in that you have given
him bread
and a sword
and have inquired
of God
for him, so that he would rise
up
against
me by lying in ambush
as it is this
day?"
14
Then Ahimelech
answered
the king
and said,
"And who
among all
your servants
is as faithful
as David,
even
the king
's
son-in-law,
who is captain over
your guard,
and is honored
in your house?
15
"Did I just begin
to inquire
of God
for him today?
Far
be it from me! Do not let the king
impute
anything
to his servant
or to any
of the household
of my father,
for your servant
knows
nothing
at all
of this
whole
affair."
16
But the king
said,
"You shall surely
die,
Ahimelech,
you and all
your father's
household!"
17
And the king
said
to the guards
who were attending
him, "Turn around
and put
the priests
of the LORD
to death,
because
their hand
also
is with David
and
because
they knew
that he was fleeing
and did not reveal
it to me." But the servants
of the king
were not willing
to put forth
their hand
s
to attack
the priests
of the LORD
.
18
Then the king
said
to Doeg,
"You turn
around
and attack
the priests."
And Doeg
the Edomite
turned
around
and attacked
the priests,
and he killed
that day
eighty-five
men
who wore
the linen
ephod.
19
And he struck
Nob
the city
of the priests
with the edge
of the sword,
both
men
and wo
men
,
children
and infants;
also oxen,
donkeys,
and sheep
he struck
with the edge
of the sword.
20
But one
son
of Ahimelech
the
son
of Ahitub,
named
Abiathar,
escaped
and fled
after
David.
21
Abiathar
told
David
that Saul
had killed
the priests
of the LORD.
22
Then David
said
to Abiathar,
"I knew
on that day,
when
Doeg
the Edomite
was there,
that he would surely
tell
Saul.
I have brought about
the death of every
person
in your father's
household.
23
"Stay
with me; do not be afraid,
for he who
seeks
my life
seeks
your life,
for you are safe
with me."
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