1 Samuel 22
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David therefore departed thence, and
escaped to the cave Adul'lam: Ps. 57.1--0.1 · Ps. 142.1--0.1 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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Saul Kills the Priests
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When Saul heard that David was
discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode
in Gib'e-ah 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 showeth 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 showeth 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 Do'eg the Edomite, which
was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse
coming to Nob, to Ahim'elech the son of Ahi'tub.
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And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the
sword of Goli'ath the Philistine. Ps. 52.1--0.1
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Then the king sent to call Ahim'elech
the priest, the son of Ahi'tub, 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
Ahi'tub. 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 inquired of God for him, that
he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
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Then Ahim'elech 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
honorable in thine house?
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Did I then begin to inquire 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,
Ahim'elech, 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 show 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 Do'eg, Turn thou,
and fall upon the priests. And Do'eg 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 Ahim'elech the
son of Ahi'tub, named Abi'athar, escaped, and fled after
David.
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And Abi'athar showed David that Saul had
slain the LORD's priests.
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And David said unto Abi'athar, I knew it that day, when Do'eg 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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