1 David 1732 therefore departed 3212 thence, and escaped 4422 to the cave 4631 Adullam 5725: and when his brethren 251 and all his father's 1 house 1004 heard 8085 it, they went down 3381 thither to him.
2 And every one 376 that was in distress 4689, and every one 376 that was in debt 5378, and every one 376 that was discontented 4751 5315, gathered 6908 themselves unto him; and he became a captain 8269 over them: and there were with him about four 702 hundred 3967 men 376.
3 And David 1732 went 3212 thence to Mizpeh 4708 of Moab 4124: and he said 559 unto the king 4428 of Moab 4124, Let my father 1 and my mother 517, I pray thee, come forth 3318, and be with you, till I know 3045 what God 430 will do 6213 for me.
4 And he brought 5148 them before 6440 the king 4428 of Moab 4124: and they dwelt 3427 with him all the while 3117 that David 1732 was in the hold 4686.
5 And the prophet 5030 Gad 1410 said 559 unto David 1732, Abide 3427 not in the hold 4686; depart 3212, and get 935 thee into the land 776 of Judah 3063. Then David 1732 departed 3212, and came 935 into the forest 3293 of Hareth 2802.
6 When Saul 7586 heard 8085 that David 1732 was discovered 3045, and the men 582 that were with him, (now Saul 7586 abode 3427 in Gibeah 1390 under a tree 815 in Ramah 7414, having his spear 2595 in his hand 3027, and all his servants 5650 were standing 5324 about him;)
7 Then Saul 7586 said 559 unto his servants 5650 that stood 5324 about him, Hear now 8085, ye Benjamites 1145; will the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 give 5414 every one of you fields 7704 and vineyards 3754, and make 7760 you all captains 8269 of thousands 505, and captains 8269 of hundreds 3967;
8 That all of you have conspired 7194 against me, and there is none that sheweth 1540 241 me that my son 1121 hath made a league 3772 with the son 1121 of Jesse 3448, and there is none of you that is sorry 2470 for me, or sheweth 1540 241 unto me that my son 1121 hath stirred up 6965 my servant 5650 against me, to lie in wait 693, as at this day 3117?
9 Then answered 6030 Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130, which was set 5324 over the servants 5650 of Saul 7586, and said 559, I saw 7200 the son 1121 of Jesse 3448 coming 935 to Nob 5011, to Ahimelech 288 the son 1121 of Ahitub 285.
10 And he enquired 7592 of the LORD 3068 for him, and gave 5414 him victuals 6720, and gave 5414 him the sword 2719 of Goliath 1555 the Philistine 6430.
11 Then the king 4428 sent 7971 to call 7121 Ahimelech 288 the priest 3548, the son 1121 of Ahitub 285, and all his father's 1 house 1004, the priests 3548 that were in Nob 5011: and they came 935 all of them to the king 4428.
12 And Saul 7586 said 559, Hear 8085 now, thou son 1121 of Ahitub 285. And he answered 559, Here I am, my lord 113.
13 And Saul 7586 said 559 unto him, Why have ye conspired 7194 against me, thou and the son 1121 of Jesse 3448, in that thou hast given 5414 him bread 3899, and a sword 2719, and hast enquired 7592 of God 430 for him, that he should rise 6965 against me, to lie in wait 693, as at this day 3117?
14 Then Ahimelech 288 answered 6030 the king 4428, and said 559, And who is so faithful 539 among all thy servants 5650 as David 1732, which is the king's 4428 son in law 2860, and goeth 5493 at thy bidding 4928, and is honourable 3513 in thine house 1004?
15 Did I then 3117 begin 2490 to enquire 7592 of God 430 for him? be it far from me 2486: let not the king 4428 impute 7760 any thing 1697 unto his servant 5650, nor to all the house 1004 of my father 1: for thy servant 5650 knew 3045 nothing 1697 of all this, less 6996 or more 1419.
16 And the king 4428 said 559, Thou shalt surely 4191 die 4191, Ahimelech 288, thou, and all thy father's 1 house 1004.
17 And the king 4428 said 559 unto the footmen 7323 that stood 5324 about him, Turn 5437, and slay 4191 the priests 3548 of the LORD 3068; because their hand 3027 also is with David 1732, and because they knew 3045 when he fled 1272, and did not shew 1540 241 it to me. But the servants 5650 of the king 4428 would 14 not put forth 7971 their hand 3027 to fall 6293 upon the priests 3548 of the LORD 3068.
18 And the king 4428 said 559 to Doeg 1673, Turn 5437 thou, and fall 6293 upon the priests 3548. And Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130 turned 5437, and he fell 6293 upon the priests 3548, and slew 4191 on that day 3117 fourscore 8084 and five 2568 persons 376 that did wear 5375 a linen 906 ephod 646.
19 And Nob 5011, the city 5892 of the priests 3548, smote 5221 he with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719, both men 376 and women 802, children 5768 and sucklings 3243, and oxen 7794, and asses 2543, and sheep 7716, with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.
20 And one 259 of the sons 1121 of Ahimelech 288 the son 1121 of Ahitub 285, named 8034 Abiathar 54, escaped 4422, and fled 1272 after 310 David 1732.
21 And Abiathar 54 shewed 5046 David 1732 that Saul 7586 had slain 2026 the LORD'S 3068 priests 3548.
22 And David 1732 said 559 unto Abiathar 54, I knew 3045 it that day 3117, when Doeg 1673 the Edomite 130 was there, that he would surely 5046 tell 5046 Saul 7586: I have occasioned 5437 the death of all the persons 5315 of thy father's 1 house 1004.
23 Abide 3427 thou with me, fear 3372 not: for he that seeketh 1245 my life 5315 seeketh 1245 thy life 5315: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard 4931.