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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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 And he brought them before the king of Moab:
and they dwelt with him all the while that David
was in the hold.
05 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.
06 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;)
07 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;
08 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?
09 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.
10 And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave
him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath
the Philistine.
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.
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub.
And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
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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
enquired of God for him, that he should rise
against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
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?
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 thy servant knew nothing of all this,
less or more.
16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die,
Ahimelech, 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 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.
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 Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after
David.
21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain
the Lord's priests.
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.
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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