1 Samuel 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.
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 * 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.
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.
