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1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-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 thee, come
forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.
1SA-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.
1SA-22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the
hold;
depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed,
and
came into the forest of Hareth.
1SA-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;)
1SA-22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him,
Hear
now, ye 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;
1SA-22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and [there
is]
none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son
of
Jesse, and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or
showeth
unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to
lie in
wait, as at this day?
1SA-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.
1SA-22:10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him
victuals,
and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1SA-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.
1SA-22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he
answered, Here I [am], my lord.
1SA-22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against
me,
thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread,
and a
sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise
against
me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1SA-22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who
[is so]
faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's
son in
law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
1SA-22:15 Did I then begin to inquire 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 thy servant knew nothing of all this,
less
or more.
1SA-22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech,
thou,
and all thy father's house.
1SA-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.
1SA-22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, 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.
1SA-22:19 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.
1SA-22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,
named
Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
1SA-22:21 And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the
LORD'S
priests.
1SA-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 thy father's house.
1SA-22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my
life
seeketh thy life: but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard.
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