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And Saul heard that David was discovered ,
and the men that were with him ,
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Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him ,
Hear ,
I pray you ,
men of Benjamin !
will the son of Jesse give ,
indeed ,
to every one of you fields and vineyards ?
will he appoint you all captains of thousands ,
and captains of hundreds ?
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That ye have conspired ,
all of you ,
against me ,
and there is none that informeth me ,
while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse ,
and there is none of you that is concerned for me ,
or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me ,
as it is this day ?
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Then answered Doeg the Edomite ,
who was set over the servants of Saul ,
and said ,
I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob ,
to Achimelech the son of Achitub .
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And he asked counsel for him of the Lord ,
and he gave him provision ,
and gave him also the sword of Goliath the philistine .
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Then sent the king to call Achimelech ,
the son of Achitub ,
the priest ,
and all his father
s house ,
the priests that were in Nob :
and they came ,
all of them ,
to the king .
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And Saul said ,
Hear now ,
thou son of Achitub .
And he said ,
here am I ,
my Lord .
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And Saul said unto him ,
Why have ye conspired against me ,
thou and the son of Jesse ,
in that thou didst give him bread ,
and a sword ,
and hast asked counsel for him of God ,
that he should rise to lie in wait against me ,
as it is this day !
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Then answered Achimelech the king ,
and said ,
And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David ,
and the king
s son
in
law ,
and freely admitted to thy private council ,
and is honored in thy house ?
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Did I this day then begin to ask counsel for him of God ?
far be it from me ;
let not the king impute any thing unto his servant ,
to all the house of my father ;
for thy servant knew not of all this ,
either a little or great thing .
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And the king said ,
Thou shalt surely die ,
Achimelech ,
thou ,
and all thy father
s house .
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And the king said unto the runners that stood about him ,
Turn round and slay the priests of the Lord ;
because their hand also is with David ,
and because they knew that he was fleeing ,
and did not disclose it to me .
But the servants of the king would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord .
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And the king said to Doeg ,
Turn thou round ,
and fall upon the priests .
And Doeg the Edomite turned round ,
and he fell upon the priests ,
and slew on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen ephod .
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And Nob ,
the city of the priests ,
he smote with the edge of the sword ,
both men and women ,
children and sucklings ,
and oxen ,
and asses ,
and lambs ,
with the edge of the sword .
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And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub ,
whose name was Ebyathar ,
and he fled after David .
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And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord .
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And David said unto Ebyathar ,
I knew on that day ,
because Doeg the Edomite was there ,
that he would surely tell Saul :
I have myself occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father
s house .
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Remain thou with me ,
fear nothing ;
for he that will seek my life will seek thy life ;
but thou shalt be well guarded with me .