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1 Samuel 22

1 Dauid hideth him ſelfe in a cave. 2 Many that were in trouble came vnto him 9 Doég accuſeth Ahimélech. 18 Saúl cauſeth the Prieſts to be ſlaine 20 Abiathár eſcapeth.
1.DAuid therefore departed thence, and eſcaped to the caue a of Adullám: and when his brethren and all his fathers houſe heard it, they went downe thither to him.
2.And there gathered vnto him all mē that were in trouble and all men that were in det, & all thoſe that were vexed in minde, and he was their " prince, and there were with him about foure hundreth men.
3.¶ And Dauid went thence to Mizpéh in b Moáb, and ſaid vnto 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 c broght them before the King of Moáb, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid kept him ſelfe in d the holde.
5.And the Prophet Gad ſaid vnto Dauid, Abide not in the holde, but departe & go into the lād of Iudáh. Thē Dauid departed and came into the foreſt of Hareth.
6.¶ And Saúl heard that Dauid was e diſcouered, and the men that were with him, and Saúl remained in Gibeáh vnder a tre in Ramáh, hauing his ſpeare in his hand, and all his men ſtode about him.
7.And Saúl ſaid vnto his ſeruáts that ſtode about him, Heare now, ye ſonnes f of Ieminí, wil the ſonne of Iſháí giue euerie one of you fields and vineyardes? wil he make you all captaines ouer thouſands, & captaines ouer hundreths?
8.That all ye haue cōſpired againſt me, and there is none that telleth me that my ſonne hath made a couenant with ye ſonne of Iſháí? & there is none of you that is ſory for me, or ſheweth me, that my g ſonne hathe ſtirred vp my ſeruant to lye in wait againſt me, as appeareth this day.
9.¶ Thē anſwered Doég the Edomite (who was appointed ouer the ſeruants of Saúl) and ſaid, I ſawe the ſonne of Iſháí when he came to Nob, to Ahimélech the ſonne of Ahitúb,
10.Who aſked counſel of the Lord for him & gaue him vitails, and he gaue 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, h the 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 vnto him, Why haue ye conſpired againſt me, thou and the ſonne of Iſháí, in that thou haſt giuen him vitaile, and a ſworde, and haſt aſked counſel of God for him, that he ſhulde riſe againſt me, & lye in waite as appeareth this day?
14.¶ And Ahimélech anſwered the King, & ſaid, Who is ſo faithful among all thy ſeruaūts as Dauid, being alſo the Kings ſonne in lawe, & goeth at thy commandement, and is honorable in thine houſe?
15.Haue I this day firſt begon to aſke counſel of God for him? be it far frō me, let not the King impute any thing vnto his ſeruant, nor to all the houſe of my father: for thy ſeruant 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 vnto the " ſergents that ſtode about him, Turne, & ſlaye the Prieſts of the Lord, becauſe their hand alſo is with Dauid, and becauſe they knewe when he fled, and ſhewed it not to me. But the ſeruāts of the King k wolde not moue their hands to fall vpon the Prieſts of the Lord.
18.Thē the King ſaid to Doég, Turne thou and fall vpon the Prieſts. And Doég the Edomite turned, and ran vpon the Prieſts, and ſlewe that ſame day foure ſcore and fiue 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 and woman, bothe childe and 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) l eſcaped and fled after Dauid.
21.And Abiathár ſhewed Dauid, that Saúl had ſlaine the Lords Prieſts.
22.And Dauid ſaid vnto 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, & feare not: for " he that ſeketh my life, ſhal ſeke thy life alſo: for with me thou ſhalt be in ſauegarde.

Notes

1:a.
Which was in the tribe of Iudáh and nere to Beth-léhem.
2:".
Or, captaine.
3:b.
For there was another ſo called in Iudáh.
4:c.
For he feared the rage of Saúl againſt his houſe.
4:d.
That is, in Mizpéh, which was a ſtrong holde.
6:e.
That a great brute went on him.
7:f.
Ye that are of my tribe & linage.
8:g.
Hereby he wolde perſuade thē yt this cōſpiracie was moſte horrible, where the ſonne conſpired againſt the father, and the ſeruant againſt his maſter.
11:h.
Which were the remnaut of the houſe of Elí . whoſe houſe God threatened to puniſhe.
15:i.
Haue I not at other times alſo, whē he had great affaires, conſulted wt the Lord for him?
17:".
Or, fotemen.
17:k.
For thei knewe yt thei oght not to obey ye wicked cōmandement of the King in ſlayīg ye innocents.
20:l.
This was Gods prouidence, who according to his promes preſerued ſome of the houſe of Eli, Chap. 2.33.
23:".
Or, he that taketh thy life, ſhal take mine alſo.