1David[H1732] therefore departed[H3212] thence, and escaped[H4422] to the cave[H4631]Adullam[H5725]: and when his brethren[H251] and all his father's house[H1004]heard[H8085] it, they went down[H3381] thither to him.
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And every one[H376] that was in distress[H4689], and every one[H376] that was in debt[H5378], and every one[H376] that was discontented[H4751], gathered[H6908] themselves unto him; and he became a captain[H8269] over them: and there were with him about four[H702]hundred[H3967]men[H376].
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And David[H1732]went[H3212] thence to Mizpeh[H4708] of Moab[H4124]: and he said[H559] unto the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124], Let my father[H1] and my mother[H517], I pray thee, come forth[H3318], and be with you, till I know[H3045] what God[H430] will do[H6213] for me.
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And he brought[H5148] them before[H6440] the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124]: and they dwelt[H3427] with him all the while[H3117] that David[H1732] was in the hold[H4686].
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And the prophet[H5030]Gad[H1410]said[H559] unto David[H1732], Abide[H3427] not in the hold[H4686]; depart[H3212], and get[H935] thee into the land[H776] of Judah[H3063]. Then David[H1732]departed[H3212], and came[H935] into the forest[H3293] of Hareth[H2802].
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When Saul[H7586]heard[H8085] that David[H1732] was discovered[H3045], and the men[H582] that were with him,(now Saul[H7586]abode[H3427] in Gibeah[H1390] under a tree[H815] in Ramah[H7414], having his spear[H2595] in his hand[H3027], and all his servants[H5650] were standing[H5324] about him;)
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Then Saul[H7586]said[H559] unto his servants[H5650] that stood[H5324] about him, Hear now[H8085], ye Benjamites[H1145]; will the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]give[H5414] every one of you fields[H7704] and vineyards[H3754], and make[H7760] you all captains[H8269] of thousands[H505], and captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967];
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That all of you have conspired[H7194] against me, and there is none that sheweth[H1540] me that my son[H1121] hath made a league[H3772] with the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448], and there is none of you that is sorry[H2470] for me, or sheweth[H241] unto me that my son[H1121] hath stirred up[H6965] my servant[H5650] against me, to lie in wait[H693], as at this day?[H3117]
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Then answered[H6030]Doeg[H1673] the Edomite[H130], which was set[H5324] over the servants[H5650] of Saul[H7586], and said[H559], I saw[H7200] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]coming[H935] to Nob[H5011], to Ahimelech[H288] the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285].
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And he enquired[H7592] of the LORD[H3068] for him, and gave[H5414] him victuals[H6720], and gave[H5414] him the sword[H2719] of Goliath[H1555] the Philistine[H6430].
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Then the king[H4428]sent[H7971] to call[H7121]Ahimelech[H288] the priest[H3548], the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], and all his father's house[H1004], the priests[H3548] that were in Nob[H5011]: and they came[H935] all of them to the king[H4428].
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559], Hear[H8085] now, thou son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285]. And he answered[H559], Here I am, my lord[H113].
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And Saul[H7586]said[H559] unto him, Why have ye conspired[H7194] against me, thou and the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448], in that thou hast given[H5414] him bread[H3899], and a sword[H2719], and hast enquired[H7592] of God[H430] for him, that he should rise[H6965] against me, to lie in wait[H693], as at this day?[H3117]
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Then Ahimelech[H288]answered[H6030] the king[H4428], and said[H559], And who is so faithful[H539] among all thy servants[H5650] as David[H1732], which is the king[H4428]'s son in law[H2860], and goeth[H5493] at thy bidding[H4928], and is honourable[H3513] in thine house?[H1004]
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Did I then[H3117]begin[H2490] to enquire[H7592] of God[H430] for him? be it far from me[H2486]: let not the king[H4428]impute[H7760] any thing[H1697] unto his servant[H5650], nor to all the house[H1004] of my father[H1]: for thy servant[H5650]knew[H3045]nothing[H1697] of all this, less[H6996] or more[H1419].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559], Thou shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191], Ahimelech[H288], thou, and all thy father's house[H1004].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto the footmen[H7323] that stood[H5324] about him, Turn[H5437], and slay[H4191] the priests[H3548] of the LORD[H3068]; because their hand[H3027] also is with David[H1732], and because they knew[H3045] when he fled[H1272], and did not shew[H1540] it to me. But the servants[H5650] of the king[H4428]would[H14] not put forth[H7971] their hand[H3027] to fall[H6293] upon the priests[H3548] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] to Doeg[H1673], Turn[H5437] thou, and fall[H6293] upon the priests[H3548]. And Doeg[H1673] the Edomite[H130]turned[H5437], and he fell[H6293] upon the priests[H3548], and slew[H4191] on that day[H3117]fourscore[H8084] and five[H2568]persons[H376] that did wear[H5375] a linen[H906]ephod[H646].
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And Nob[H5011], the city[H5892] of the priests[H3548], smote[H5221] he with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], both men[H376] and women[H802], children[H5768] and sucklings[H3243], and oxen[H7794], and asses[H2543], and sheep[H7716], with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719].
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And one[H259] of the sons[H1121] of Ahimelech[H288] the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], named[H8034]Abiathar[H54], escaped[H4422], and fled[H1272]after[H310]David[H1732].
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And Abiathar[H54]shewed[H5046]David[H1732] that Saul[H7586] had slain[H2026] the LORD'S priests[H3548].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Abiathar[H54], I knew[H3045] it that day[H3117], when Doeg[H1673] the Edomite[H130] was there, that he would surely[H5046]tell[H5046]Saul[H7586]: I have occasioned[H5437] the death of all the persons[H5315] of thy father's house[H1004].
23Abide[H3427] thou with me, fear[H3372] not: for he that seeketh[H1245] my life[H5315]seeketh[H1245] thy life[H5315]: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard[H4931].