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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 22
22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam:
and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down
thither to him.
22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in
debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him;
and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred
men.
22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto 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.
22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with
him all the while that David was in the hold.
22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart,
and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into
the forest of Hareth.
22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were
with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear
in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now,
all of you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields
and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of
hundreds;
22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that
shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Jesse, and there
is none of you that is sorry for me, or shows unto me that my son has stirred
up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants
of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the
son of Ahitub.
22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and
gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
22:11 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.
22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered,
Here I am, my lord.
22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have all of you conspired against
me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword,
and have enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie
in wait, as at this day?
22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful
among all your servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goes
at your bidding, and is honourable in your house?
22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me:
let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house
of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
22:16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and
all your father's house.
22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn,
and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David,
and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the
servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests
of the LORD.
22:18 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 slew on
that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, stroke he with the edge of
the sword, both men and women, children and infants, and oxen, and asses,
and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,
escaped, and fled after David.
22:21 And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it 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.
22:23 Abide you with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks
your life: but with me you shall be in safeguard.
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