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1 Samuel 22

1 David hideth him selfe in a cave. 2 Many that were in trouble came unto him 9 Doég accuseth Ahimélech. 18 Saúl causeth the Priests to be slaine 20 Abiathár escapeth.
1.David therefore departed thence, and saved him selfe in the cave aof Adullám: and when his brethren and all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to him.
2.And there gathered unto him all men that were in trouble and all men that were in det, and all those that were vexed in minde, and he was their ^prince, and there were with him about foure hundreth men.
3.¶ And David went thence to Mizpéh in bMoáb, & said unto the King of Moáb, I pray thee, let my father and my mother come and abide with you, til I knowe what God wil do for me.
4.And he cbroght them before the King of Moáb, and they dwelt with him all the while that David kept him selfe in dthe holde.
5.And the Prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the holde, but departe and go into the land of Judáh. Then David departed and came into the forest of Háreth.
6.¶ And Saúl heard that David was ediscovered, and the men that were with him, and Saúl remained in Gibeáh under a tre in Ramáh, having his speare in his hand, and all his men stode about him.
7.And Saúl said unto his servants that stode about him, Heare now, ye sonnes fof Jeminí, wil the sonne of Jshái give everie one of you fields and vineyardes? wil he make you all captaines over thousands, and captaines over hundreths?
8.That all ye have conspired against me, and there is none that telleth me that my sonne hathe made a covenant with the sonne of Jshái? and there is none of you that is sory for me, or sheweth me, that my gsonne hathe stirred up my servant to lye in wait against me, as appeareth this day.
9.¶ Then answered Doég the Edomite (who was appointed over the servants of Saúl) & said, I sawe the sonne of Jshái when he came to Nob, to Ahimélech the sonne of Ahitúb,
10.Who asked counsel of the Lord for him & gave him vitails, and he gave him also the sworde of Goliáth the Philistím.
11.Then the King sent to call Ahimélech the Priest the sonne of Ahitúb, and all his fathers house, to wit, hthe Priests that were in Nob: and they came all to the King.
12.And Saúl said, Heare now thou sonne of Ahitúb. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
13.Then Saúl said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the sonne of Jshái, in that thou hast given him vitaile, & a sworde, and hast asked counsel of God for him, that he shulde rise against me, and lye in waite as appeareth this day?
14.¶ And Ahimélech answered the King, and said, Who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, being also the Kings sonne in lawe, and goeth at thy commandement, and is honourable in thine house?
15.lHave I this day first begon to aske counsel 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 knewe nothing of all this, lesse nor more.
16.Then the King said, Thou shalt surely dye, Ahimélech, thou, and all thy fathers house.
17.And the King said unto the ^sergents that stode about him, Turne, & slaye the Priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, & because they knewe when he fled, and shewed it not to me. But the servants of the King kwolde not move their hands to fall upon the Priests of the Lord.
18.Then the King said to Doég, Turne thou and fall upon the Priests. And Doég the Edomite turned, and ran upon the Priests, & slewe that same day foure score & five persones that did weare a linen Ephód.
19.Also Nob the citie of the Priests smote he with the edge of the sworde, bothe man & woman, bothe childe & suckling, bothe oxe and asse, and shepe with the edge of the sworde.
20.But one of the sonnes of Ahimélech the sonne of Ahitúb (whose name was Abiathár) lescaped and fled after David.
21.And Abiathár shewed David, that Saúl had slaine the Lords Priests.
22.And David said unto Abiathár, I knewe it the same day, when Doég the Edomite was there, that he wolde tel Saúl. I am the cause of the death of all the persones of thy fathers house.
23.Abide thou with me, and feare not: for ^he that seketh my life, shal seke thy life also: for with me thou shalt be in savegarde.

Notes

1-a.
Which was in the tribe of Judah and near to Bethlehem. 1 Geneva Bible 1560
2-^.
Or, captain.
3-b.
For there was another so called in Judah.
4-c.
For he feared the rage of Saul against his house.
4-d.
That is, in Mizpeh, which was a stronghold.
6-e.
That a great brute went on him.
7-f.
You that are of my tribe and lineage.
8-g.
Hereby he would persuade them that this conspiracy was most horrible, where the son conspired against the father, and the servant against his master.
11-h.
Which were the remnant of the house of Eli, whose house God threatened to punish.
15-i.
Have I not at other times also, when he had great affairs, consulted with the Lord for him?
17-^.
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17-k.
For they knew that they ought not to obey the wicked com- mandment of the King in slaying the innocents.
20-l.
This was God’s providence, who according to his promise pre- served some of the house of Eli, chap. 2.33.
23-^.
Or, he that takes your life, shall take mine also.