Holy Bible
(King James Version)
First
Samuel: Chapter 22
1. David therefore departed
thence, and escaped to the cave A-dul-lam: and when his brethren and all
his father's house heard it, they went down thither 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 unto him; and
he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four
hundred men.
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.
4. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him
all the while that David was in the hold.
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.
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;)
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;
8. That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that
sheweth 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 sheweth unto me that my
son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this
day?
9. Then answered Do-eg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of
Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to A-him-e-lech
the son of A-hi-tub.
10. And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave
him the sword of Go-li-ath the Philistine.
11. Then the king sent to call A-him-e-lech the priest, the son of
A-hi-tub, 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, thou son of A-hi-tub. And he
answered, Here I am, my lord.
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?
14. Then A-him-e-lech 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?
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.
16. And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, A-him-e-lech, thou, and
all thy father's house.
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 shew it to me. But the
servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the
priests of the LORD.
18. And the king said to Do-eg, 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 e-phod.
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 A-him-e-lech the son of A-hi-tub named
A-bi-a-thar, escaped, and fled after David.
21. And A-bi-a-thar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.
22. And David said unto A-bi-a-thar, I knew it that day, when Do-eg the
Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the
death of all the persons of thy father's house.
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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