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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