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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;)
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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;
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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 L
ORD
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
L
ORD
; 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
L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
’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.
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