1Samuel:22

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* David therefore 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 everyone who was in distress , and everyone who was in debt , and everyone who was discontented , gathered themselves 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 , Let my father and my mother , I pray you , come forth , [and be ] with you (note :){+}(:note ), until I know what God will do for me . * And he brought them before the king of Moab : and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold . * And the prophet Gad said to David , Don 't remain in the stronghold ; depart , and go into the land of Judah . Then David departed , and came into the forest of Hereth . * And Saul heard that David was discovered , and the men who were with him : now Saul was sitting in Gibeah , under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah , with his spear in his hand , and all his slaves were standing about him . * And Saul said to his slaves that stood about him , Hear now , you (note :){+}(:note ) Benjamites ; will the son of Jesse give every one of you {+} fields and vineyards , will he make all of you {+} captains of thousands and captains of hundreds , * that all of you (note :){+}(:note ) have conspired against me , and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse , and there is none of you {+} who is sorry for me , or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my slave against me , to lie in wait , as at this day ? * Then Doeg the Edomite , who stood by the slaves of Saul , answered and said , I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob , to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub . * And he inquired of Yahweh for him , and gave him victuals , and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine . * Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest , the son of Ahitub , and all his father 's house , the priests who were in Nob : and they came all of them to the king . * And Saul said , Hear now , you son of Ahitub . And he answered , Here I am , my lord . * And Saul said to him , Why have you (note :){+}(:note ) 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 , that he should rise against me , to lie in wait , as at this day ? * Then Ahimelech answered the king , and said , And who among all your slaves is so faithful as David , who is the king 's son-in-law , and commander over your bodyguard , and is honorable in your house ? * Have I today begun to inquire of God for him ? Be it far from me : don 't let the king impute anything to his slave , nor to all the house of my father ; for your slave knows nothing of all this , less or more . * And the king said , You will surely die , Ahimelech , you , and all your father 's house . * And the king said to the guard that stood about him , Turn , and slay the priests of Yahweh ; because their hand also is with David , and because they knew that he fled , and did not disclose it to me . But the slaves of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh . * And the king said to Doeg , You turn , and fall on the priests . And Doeg the Edomite turned , and he fell on the priests , and he slew on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod . * And Nob , the city of the priests , he struck with the edge of the sword , both men and women , children and sucklings , and oxen and donkeys and sheep , with the edge of the sword . * And one of the sons of Ahimelech , the son of Ahitub , named Abiathar , escaped , and fled after David . * And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh 's priests . * And David said to Abiathar , I knew on that day , when Doeg the Edomite was there , that he would surely tell Saul : I have occasioned [the death ] of all the persons of your father 's house . * Remain with me , don 't be afraid ; for he who seeks my life seeks your life : for with me you will be in safeguard .

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