1Samuel:22

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* David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam ; and when his brothers and all his father 's house heard it , they went down there to him . * And every one who was in distress , and every one who was in debt , and every one who was discontented , gathered to him ; and he became captain over them . And there were with him about four hundred men . * And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab ; and he said to the king of Moab , "Pray let my father and my mother stay with you , till I know what God will do for me ." * And he left them with the king of Moab , and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold . * Then the prophet Gad said to David , "Do not remain in the stronghold ; depart , and go into the land of Judah ." So David departed , and went into the forest of Hereth . * Now Saul heard that David was discovered , and the men who were with him . Saul was sitting at Gib 'e-ah , under the tamarisk tree on the height , with his spear in his hand , and all his servants were standing about him . * And Saul said to his servants who stood about him , "Hear now , you Benjaminites ; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards , will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds , * that all of you have conspired against me ? No one discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse , none of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me , to lie in wait , as at this day ." * Then answered Do 'eg the E 'domite , who stood by the servants of Saul , "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob , to Ahim 'elech the son of Ahi 'tub , * and he inquired of the LORD for him , and gave him provisions , and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine ." * Then the king sent to summon Ahim 'elech the priest , the son of Ahi 'tub , and all his father 's house , the priests who were at Nob ; and all of them came to the king . * And Saul said , "Hear now , son of Ahi 'tub ." And he answered , "Here I am , my lord ." * And Saul said to him , "Why have you conspired against me , you and the son of Jesse , in that you have given him bread and a sword , and have inquired of God for him , so that he has risen against me , to lie in wait , as at this day ?" * Then Ahim 'elech answered the king , "And who among all your servants is so faithful as David , who is the king 's son-in-law , and captain over your bodyguard , and honored in your house ? * Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him ? No ! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father ; for your servant has known nothing of all this , much or little ." * And the king said , "You shall surely die , Ahim 'elech , you and all your father 's house ." * And the king said to the guard who stood about him , "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD ; because their hand also is with David , and they knew that he fled , and did not disclose it to me ." But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD . * Then the king said to Do 'eg , "You turn and fall upon the priests ." And Do 'eg the E 'domite turned and fell upon the priests , and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod . * And Nob , the city of the priests , he put to the sword ; both men and women , children and sucklings , oxen , asses and sheep , he put to the sword . * But one of the sons of Ahim 'elech the son of Ahi 'tub , named Abi 'athar , escaped and fled after David . * And Abi 'athar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD . * And David said to Abi 'athar , "I knew on that day , when Do 'eg the E 'domite was there , that he would surely tell Saul . I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father 's house . * Stay with me , fear not ; for he that seeks my life seeks your life ; with me you shall be in safekeeping ."

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