1 Samuel 22

1 Samuel Chapter 22 KJV

1David's kindred and others resort unto him at Adullam. 3At Mizpeh he commendeth his parents to the protection of the king of Moab. 5Admonished by Gad he removeth to Harath. 6Saul complaineth of the unfaithfulness of his servants. 9Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. 11Ahimelech is sent for with the priests, and answereth the charge. 17The footmen refusing to slay the priests at the king's command, Doeg executeth it: their city Nob is destroyed. 20Abiathar escaping bringeth David the news.
1 David therefore 1departed thence, and escaped to the 2cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
2 And every one that was 1in distress, and every one that awas in debt, and every one that was bdiscontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a 2captain over them: and there were with him about 3four hundred men.
3 ¶ And David went thence to 1Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the 2king of Moab, 3Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
5 ¶ And the 1prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; 2depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
6 ¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in 1Gibeah under a atree in 2Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will 1the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that asheweth 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 1that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
9 ¶ Then 1answered 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.
10 And he 1enquired of the Lord for him, and 2gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
11 Then the king 1sent 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.
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, aHere I am, my lord.
13 And Saul said unto him, 1Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the 2son 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?
14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, 1and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and 2goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
15 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, aless or more.
16 And the king said, 1Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and 2all thy father's house.
17 ¶ And the king said unto the afootmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their 1hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king 2would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
18 And the king said to 1Doeg, 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 2wear a linen ephod.
19 And 1Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, 2both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
20 ¶ And 1one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named 2Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord's priests.
22 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 1the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
23 1Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
1 Samuel 22