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1 # David <01732> therefore departed <03212> (8799) thence, and escaped <04422> (8735) to the cave <04631> Adullam <05725>: and when his brethren <0251> and all his father's <01> house <01004> heard <08085> (8799) it, they went down <03381> (8799) thither to him.
2 And every one <0376> that was in distress <04689>, and every one <0376> that was in debt <05378> (8801) , and every one <0376> that was discontented <04751> <05315>, gathered <06908> (8691) themselves unto him; and he became a captain <08269> over them: and there were with him about four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>.
3 And David <01732> went <03212> (8799) thence to Mizpeh <04708> of Moab <04124>: and he said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Moab <04124>, Let my father <01> and my mother <0517>, I pray thee, come forth <03318> (8799), and be with you, till I know <03045> (8799) what God <0430> will do <06213> (8799) for me.
4 And he brought <05148> (8686) them before <06440> the king <04428> of Moab <04124>: and they dwelt <03427> (8799) with him all the while <03117> that David <01732> was in the hold <04686>.
5 And the prophet <05030> Gad <01410> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, Abide <03427> (8799) not in the hold <04686>; depart <03212> (8798), and get <0935> (8804) thee into the land <0776> of Judah <03063> . Then David <01732> departed <03212> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) into the forest <03293> of Hareth <02802> .
6 # When Saul <07586> heard <08085> (8799) that David <01732> was discovered <03045> (8738), and the men <0582> that were with him, (now Saul <07586> abode <03427> (8802) in Gibeah <01390> under a tree <0815> in Ramah <07414>, having his spear <02595> in his hand <03027>, and all his servants <05650> were standing <05324> (8737) about him;)
7 Then Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto his servants <05650> that stood <05324> (8737) about him, Hear now <08085> (8798), ye Benjamites <01145>; will the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> give <05414> (8799) every one of you fields <07704> and vineyards <03754>, and make <07760> (8799) you all captains <08269> of thousands <0505> , and captains <08269> of hundreds <03967>;
8 That all of you have conspired <07194> (8804) against me, and there is none that sheweth <01540> (8802) <0241> me that my son <01121> hath made a league <03772> (8800) with the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>, and there is none of you that is sorry <02470> (8802) for me, or sheweth <01540> (8802) <0241> unto me that my son <01121> hath stirred up <06965> (8689) my servant <05650> against me, to lie in wait <0693> (8802), as at this day <03117>?
9 Then answered <06030> (8799) Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130>, which was set <05324> (8737) over the servants <05650> of Saul <07586>, and said <0559> (8799), I saw <07200> (8804) the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> coming <0935> (8802) to Nob <05011>, to Ahimelech <0288> the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>.
10 And he enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068> for him, and gave <05414> (8804) him victuals <06720> , and gave <05414> (8804) him the sword <02719> of Goliath <01555> the Philistine <06430>.
11 Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) to call <07121> (8800) Ahimelech <0288> the priest <03548>, the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>, and all his father's <01> house <01004>, the priests <03548> that were in Nob <05011>: and they came <0935> (8799) all of them to the king <04428>.
12 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799), Hear <08085> (8798) now, thou son <01121> of Ahitub <0285> . And he answered <0559> (8799), Here I am, my lord <0113>.
13 And Saul <07586> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why have ye conspired <07194> (8804) against me, thou and the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>, in that thou hast given <05414> (8800) him bread <03899>, and a sword <02719>, and hast enquired <07592> (8800) of God <0430> for him, that he should rise <06965> (8800) against me, to lie in wait <0693> (8802) , as at this day <03117>?
14 Then Ahimelech <0288> answered <06030> (8799) the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), And who is so faithful <0539> (8737) among all thy servants <05650> as David <01732>, which is the king's <04428> son in law <02860> , and goeth <05493> (8804) at thy bidding <04928>, and is honourable <03513> (8737) in thine house <01004>?
15 Did I then <03117> begin <02490> (8689) to enquire <07592> (8800) of God <0430> for him? be it far from me <02486>: let not the king <04428> impute <07760> (8799) any thing <01697> unto his servant <05650>, nor to all the house <01004> of my father <01>: for thy servant <05650> knew <03045> (8804) nothing <01697> of all this, less <06996> or more <01419>.
16 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Thou shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799) , Ahimelech <0288>, thou, and all thy father's <01> house <01004>.
17 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto the footmen <07323> (8801) that stood <05324> (8737) about him, Turn <05437> (8798), and slay <04191> (8685) the priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>; because their hand <03027> also is with David <01732>, and because they knew <03045> (8804) when he fled <01272> (8802), and did not shew <01540> (8804) <0241> it to me. But the servants <05650> of the king <04428> would <014> (8804) not put forth <07971> (8800) their hand <03027> to fall <06293> (8800) upon the priests <03548> of the LORD <03068>.
18 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Doeg <01673>, Turn <05437> (8798) thou, and fall <06293> (8798) upon the priests <03548>. And Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130> turned <05437> (8735), and he fell <06293> (8799) upon the priests <03548>, and slew <04191> (8686) on that day <03117> fourscore <08084> and five <02568> persons <0376> that did wear <05375> (8802) a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.
19 And Nob <05011>, the city <05892> of the priests <03548>, smote <05221> (8689) he with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, both men <0376> and women <0802>, children <05768> and sucklings <03243> (8802), and oxen <07794>, and asses <02543>, and sheep <07716>, with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.
20 # And one <0259> of the sons <01121> of Ahimelech <0288> the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>, named <08034> Abiathar <054>, escaped <04422> (8735), and fled <01272> (8799) after <0310> David <01732>.
21 And Abiathar <054> shewed <05046> (8686) David <01732> that Saul <07586> had slain <02026> (8804) the LORD'S <03068> priests <03548>.
22 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Abiathar <054>, I knew <03045> (8804) it that day <03117>, when Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130> was there, that he would surely <05046> (8687) tell <05046> (8686) Saul <07586>: I have occasioned <05437> (8804) the death of all the persons <05315> of thy father's <01> house <01004> .
23 Abide <03427> (8798) thou with me, fear <03372> (8799) not: for he that seeketh <01245> (8762) my life <05315> seeketh <01245> (8762) thy life <05315>: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard <04931>.