221 Samuel 22

1David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.Select 1 Samuel 22:1

2And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. ¶Select 1 Samuel 22:2

3And David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.Select 1 Samuel 22:3

4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelled with him all the while that David was in the hold. ¶Select 1 Samuel 22:4

5And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. ¶Select 1 Samuel 22:5

6When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul stayed in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)Select 1 Samuel 22:6

7Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you 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;Select 1 Samuel 22:7

8That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or shows to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? ¶Select 1 Samuel 22:8

9Then 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.Select 1 Samuel 22:9

10And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.Select 1 Samuel 22:10

11Then 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.Select 1 Samuel 22:11

12And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.Select 1 Samuel 22:12

13And 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?Select 1 Samuel 22:13

14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?Select 1 Samuel 22:14

15Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing to his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.Select 1 Samuel 22:15

16And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house. ¶Select 1 Samuel 22:16

17And the king said to 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 on the priests of the LORD.Select 1 Samuel 22:17

18And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.Select 1 Samuel 22:18

19And 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. ¶Select 1 Samuel 22:19

20And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.Select 1 Samuel 22:20

21And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests.Select 1 Samuel 22:21

22And David said to 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 your father’s house.Select 1 Samuel 22:22

23Abide you with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be in safeguard.Select 1 Samuel 22:23