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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 servants were standing about him .
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Saul said to his servants who stood about him , "
Hear now ,
you Benjamites !
Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards ,
will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds ,
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that all of you have conspired against me ,
and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty 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 servant against me ,
to lie in wait ,
as at this day ?"
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Then Doeg the Edomite ,
who stood by the servants of Saul ,
answered and said , "
I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob ,
to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub .
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He inquired of Yahweh for him ,
gave him food ,
and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine ."
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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 .
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Saul said , "
Hear now ,
you son of Ahitub ."
He answered , "
Here I am ,
my lord ."
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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 ,
that he should rise against me ,
to lie in wait ,
as at this day ?"
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Then Ahimelech answered the king ,
and said , "
Who among all your servants is so faithful as David ,
who is the king '
s son-in-law ,
and is taken into your council ,
and is honorable in your house ?
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Have I today begun to inquire of God for him ?
Be it far from me !
Don '
t let the king impute anything to his servant ,
nor to all the house of my father ;
for your servant knows nothing of all this ,
less or more ."
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The king said , "
You shall surely die ,
Ahimelech ,
you ,
and all your father '
s house ."
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The king said to the guard who stood about him , "
Turn ,
and kill the priests of Yahweh ;
because their hand also is with David ,
and because they knew that he fled ,
and didn '
t disclose it to me ."
But the servants of the king wouldn '
t put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh .
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The king said to Doeg , "
Turn and attack the priests !"
Doeg the Edomite turned ,
and he attacked the priests ,
and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod .
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He struck Nob ,
the city of the priests ,
with the edge of the sword ,
both men and women ,
children and nursing babies ,
and cattle and donkeys and sheep ,
with the edge of the sword .
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One of the sons of Ahimelech ,
the son of Ahitub ,
named Abiathar ,
escaped ,
and fled after David .
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Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh '
s priests .
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David said to Abiathar , "
I knew on that day ,
when Doeg the Edomite was there ,
that he would surely tell Saul .
I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father '
s house .
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Stay with me ,
don '
t be afraid ;
for he who seeks my life seeks your life .
For with me you shall be in safeguard ."