1 Samuel 22
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- David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave
Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went
down thither to him.
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- And every one that was in distress, and every one that
was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto
him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four
hundred men.
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- And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said
unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth,
and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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?
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- 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.
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- And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him
victuals, 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 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 Ahitub. And he
answered, Here I am, 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 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?
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- 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?
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- 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.
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- And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech,
thou, and all thy father's house.
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- And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him,
Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: 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 LORD.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,
named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
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- And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's
priests.
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- 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.
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- 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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