1 Samuel 22 David 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.

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1 H1732 David H3212 therefore departed H8033 there, H4422 and escaped H4631 to the cave H5725 Adullam: H251 and when his brothers H3605 and all H1 his father’s H1004 house H8085 heard H3381 it, they went H3381 down H8033 thither to him.

2 H3605 And every H376 one H4689 that was in distress, H3605 and every H376 one H5378 that was in debt, H3605 and every H376 one H4751 that was discontented, H5315 H6908 gathered H1961 themselves to him; and he became H8269 a captain H5921 over H702 them: and there were with him about four H3967 hundred H376 men.

3 H1732 And David H3212 went H8033 there H4708 to Mizpeh H4124 of Moab: H559 and he said H4428 to the king H4124 of Moab, H1 Let my father H517 and my mother, H4994 I pray H3318 you, come H3318 forth, H5704 and be with you, till H3045 I know H4100 what H430 God H6213 will do for me.

4 H5148 And he brought H854 them before H6440 H4428 the king H4124 of Moab: H3427 and they dwelled H3605 with him all H3117 the while H1732 that David H4686 was in the hold.

5 H5030 And the prophet H1410 Gad H559 said H1732 to David, H3427 Abide H4686 not in the hold; H3212 depart, H935 and get H776 you into the land H3063 of Judah. H1732 Then David H3212 departed, H935 and came H3293 into the forest H2802 of Hareth.

6 H7586 When Saul H8085 heard H1732 that David H3045 was discovered, H582 and the men H7586 that were with him, (now Saul H3427 stayed H1390 in Gibeah H8478 under H815 a tree H7414 in Ramah, H2595 having his spear H3027 in his hand, H3605 and all H5650 his servants H5324 were standing H5921 about him;)

7 H7586 Then Saul H559 said H5650 to his servants H5324 that stood H5921 about H8085 him, Hear H4994 now, H1145 you Benjamites; H1121 will the son H3448 of Jesse H5414 give H3605 every H7704 one of you fields H3754 and vineyards, H7760 and make H3605 you all H8269 captains H505 of thousands, H8269 and captains H3967 of hundreds;

8 H3605 That all H7194 of you have conspired H5921 against H1540 me, and there is none that shows H241 H1121 me that my son H3772 has made H3772 a league H1121 with the son H3448 of Jesse, H369 and there is none H2470 of you that is sorry H1540 for me, or shows H241 H1121 to me that my son H6965 has stirred H5650 up my servant H5921 against H693 me, to lie in wait, H2088 as at this H3117 day?

9 H6030 Then answered H1673 Doeg H130 the Edomite, H1931 which H5324 was set H5921 over H5650 the servants H7586 of Saul, H559 and said, H7200 I saw H1121 the son H3448 of Jesse H935 coming H5011 to Nob, H288 to Ahimelech H1121 the son H285 of Ahitub.

10 H7592 And he inquired H3068 of the LORD H5414 for him, and gave H6720 him victuals, H5414 and gave H2719 him the sword H1555 of Goliath H6430 the Philistine.

11 H4428 Then the king H7971 sent H7121 to call H288 Ahimelech H3548 the priest, H1121 the son H285 of Ahitub, H3605 and all H1 his father’s H1004 house, H3548 the priests H5011 that were in Nob: H935 and they came H3605 all H4428 of them to the king.

12 H7586 And Saul H559 said, H8085 Hear H4994 now, H1121 you son H285 of Ahitub. H559 And he answered, H2005 Here H113 I am, my lord.

13 H7586 And Saul H559 said H4100 to him, Why H7194 have you conspired H5921 against H1121 me, you and the son H3448 of Jesse, H5414 in that you have given H3899 him bread, H2719 and a sword, H7592 and have inquired H430 of God H6965 for him, that he should rise H413 against H693 me, to lie in wait, H2088 as at this H3117 day?

14 H288 Then Ahimelech H6030 answered H4428 the king, H559 and said, H4310 And who H539 is so faithful H3605 among all H5650 your servants H1732 as David, H4428 which is the king’s H2860 son H2859 in law, H5493 and goes H413 at H4928 your bidding, H3513 and is honorable H1004 in your house?

15 H3117 Did I then H2490 begin H7592 to inquire H430 of God H2486 for him? be it far H4428 from me: let not the king H7760 impute H3605 any H1697 thing H5650 to his servant, H3605 nor to all H1004 the house H1 of my father: H5650 for your servant H3045 knew H3808 nothing H1697 H3605 of all H2063 this, H6996 less H176 or H1419 more.

16 H4428 And the king H559 said, H4191 You shall surely die, H288 Ahimelech, H3605 you, and all H1 your father’s H1004 house.

17 H4428 And the king H559 said H7323 to the footmen H5324 that stood H5921 about H5437 him, Turn, H4191 and slay H3548 the priests H3068 of the LORD: H3588 because H3027 their hand H1571 also H1732 is with David, H3588 and because H3045 they knew H3588 when H1272 he fled, H1540 and did not show H5650 it to me. But the servants H4428 of the king H14 would H7971 not put H7971 forth H3027 their hand H6293 to fall H3548 on the priests H3068 of the LORD.

18 H4428 And the king H559 said H1673 to Doeg, H5437 Turn H6293 you, and fall H3548 on the priests. H1673 And Doeg H130 the Edomite H5437 turned, H6293 and he fell H3548 on the priests, H4191 and slew H3117 on that day H8084 fourscore H2568 and five H376 persons H5375 that did wear H906 a linen H646 ephod.

19 H5011 And Nob, H5892 the city H3548 of the priests, H5221 smote H6310 he with the edge H2719 of the sword, H376 both men H802 and women, H5768 children H3243 and sucklings, H7794 and oxen, H2543 and asses, H7716 and sheep, H6310 with the edge H2719 of the sword.

20 H259 And one H1121 of the sons H288 of Ahimelech H1121 the son H285 of Ahitub, H8034 named H54 Abiathar, H4422 escaped, H1272 and fled H310 after H1732 David.

21 H54 And Abiathar H5046 showed H1732 David H7586 that Saul H2026 had slain H3068 the LORD’s H3548 priests.

22 H1732 And David H559 said H54 to Abiathar, H3045 I knew H3117 it that day, H3588 when H1673 Doeg H8033 the Edomite was there, H5046 that he would surely tell H7586 Saul: H5437 I have occasioned H3605 the death of all H5315 the persons H1 of your father’s H1004 house.

23 H3427 Abide H3372 you with me, fear H1245 not: for he that seeks H5315 my life H1245 seeks H5315 your life: H4931 but with me you shall be in safeguard.