1 David|strong="H1732" therefore|strong="H1732" departed|strong="H3212" thence|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1004" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" cave|strong="H4631" of|strong="H1004" Adullam|strong="H5725": and|strong="H1004" when|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" brethren and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s house|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3381", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3381" thither|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381".
2 And|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" distress|strong="H4689", and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" debt|strong="H5378", and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" discontented|strong="H4751", gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H5315" unto|strong="H6908" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3605" became|strong="H1961" captain|strong="H8269" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921": and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" about|strong="H1961" four hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H3605".
3 And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3212" thence|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5704" Mizpeh|strong="H4708" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124": and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H3318" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", Let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H1732" father and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1732" mother, I|strong="H5704" pray|strong="H4994" thee|strong="H6213", come|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318", and be with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5704", till|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" God will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994".
4 And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5148" them|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124": and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" dwelt|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" while|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" hold|strong="H4686".
5 And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H1732" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410" said unto|strong="H3212" David|strong="H1732", Abide|strong="H3427" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1732" hold|strong="H4686"; depart|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3063" get|strong="H3212" thee|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1732" land of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063". Then|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" departed|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3063" came|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1732" forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H3427" Hereth|strong="H2802".
6 And|strong="H3027" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" discovered|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": now|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeah|strong="H1390", under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" tamarisk tree in|strong="H3427" Ramah, with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H3027" standing|strong="H5324" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".
7 And|strong="H3967" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H8085" unto|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5324" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", Hear|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", ye|strong="H5414" Benjamites; will|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" give|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3967" vineyards|strong="H3754", will|strong="H5650" he|strong="H3605" make|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" thousands and|strong="H3967" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" hundreds|strong="H3967";
8 that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" none|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" discloseth to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" maketh|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3068" league|strong="H3772" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" sorry|strong="H2470" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", or|strong="H3117" discloseth unto|strong="H1540" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" hath|strong="H5650" stirred|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" lie in|strong="H5921" wait, as|strong="H3117" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"?
9 Then|strong="H6030" answered|strong="H6030" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H5921" Edomite, which|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H6030", I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" coming|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5921" Nob|strong="H5011", to|strong="H5921" Ahimelech the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub.
10 And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" victuals|strong="H6720", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" Goliath|strong="H1555" the|strong="H5414" Philistine|strong="H6430".
11 Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" call|strong="H7121" Ahimelech the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H1121"’s house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" Nob|strong="H5011": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".
12 And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said|strong="H8085", Hear|strong="H8085" now|strong="H4994", thou|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub. And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2005" answered|strong="H8085", Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005", my|strong="H8085" lord.
13 And|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" said unto|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" ye|strong="H3117" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", thou|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448", in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" thou|strong="H5414" hast given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" hast inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" should|strong="H4100" rise|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", to|strong="H5921" lie|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" wait, as|strong="H3117" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"?
14 Then|strong="H6030" Ahimelech answered|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030", And|strong="H6030" who|strong="H4310" among|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3605" thy|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" is|strong="H4310" so|strong="H5493" faithful as|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", which|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"’s son in|strong="H1004" law|strong="H2860", and|strong="H6030" is|strong="H4310" taken|strong="H5493" into|strong="H5493" thy|strong="H1732" council, and|strong="H6030" is|strong="H4310" honourable|strong="H3513" in|strong="H1004" thine|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004"?
15 Have|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3117" inquire|strong="H7592" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H7760"? be|strong="H3808" it|strong="H7760" far|strong="H2486" from|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7760": let|strong="H7760" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" impute|strong="H7760" any|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" unto|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", nor|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" father: for|strong="H3588" thy|strong="H7760" servant|strong="H5650" knoweth|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063", less|strong="H6996" or|strong="H3808" more|strong="H1419".
16 And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said, Thou shalt surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", Ahimelech, thou, and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" thy|strong="H4428" father’s house|strong="H1004".
17 And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" said unto|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H7323" that|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5324" about|strong="H5437" him|strong="H5921", Turn|strong="H5437", and|strong="H3068" slay|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068"; because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" fled|strong="H1272", and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" disclose|strong="H1540" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H7971". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H4191" forth|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" fall|strong="H6293" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068".
18 And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H4191" Doeg|strong="H1673", Turn|strong="H5437" thou|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" fall|strong="H6293" upon|strong="H6293" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548". And|strong="H4428" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H5375" Edomite turned|strong="H5437", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H6293" upon|strong="H6293" the|strong="H5375" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" slew|strong="H4191" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" fourscore|strong="H8084" and|strong="H4428" five|strong="H2568" persons that|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3117" wear|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3068" linen ephod.
19 And|strong="H3548" Nob|strong="H5011", the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" priests|strong="H3548", smote|strong="H5221" he|strong="H5704" with|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" sword|strong="H2719", both men and|strong="H3548" women, children|strong="H5768" and|strong="H3548" sucklings|strong="H3243", and|strong="H3548" oxen|strong="H7794" and|strong="H3548" asses|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3548" sheep|strong="H7716", with|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" sword|strong="H2719".
20 And|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahimelech the|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub, named|strong="H8034" Abiathar, escaped|strong="H4422", and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H1272" after|strong="H8034" David|strong="H1732".
21 And|strong="H3068" Abiathar told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H3068" slain|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068"’S priests|strong="H3548".
22 And|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" said unto|strong="H5046" Abiathar, I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3588" Doeg|strong="H1673" the|strong="H3605" Edomite was|strong="H1732" there|strong="H8033", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5315" surely|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" Saul|strong="H7586": I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" occasioned|strong="H5437" the death of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" persons|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1004" thy|strong="H3045" father’s house|strong="H1004".
23 Abide|strong="H3427" thou|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5315", fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" seeketh|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" life|strong="H5315" seeketh|strong="H1245" thy|strong="H1245" life|strong="H5315": for|strong="H3588" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5315" thou|strong="H3427" shalt be|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3427" safeguard|strong="H4931".