22:1 David
departed
from
there
and
escaped
to
the
cave
of
Adullam.
And
when
his
brothers
and
all
his
father's
house
heard
it,
they
went
down
there
to
him.
22:2 And
everyone
who
was
in
distress,
and
everyone
who
was
in
debt,
and
everyone
who
was
bitter
in
soul,
gathered
to
him.
And
he
became
captain
over
them.
And
there
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
22:3 And
David
went
from
there
to
Mizpeh
of
Moab.
And
he
said
to
the
king
of
Moab,
"Please
let
my
father
and
my
mother
stay
with
you,
till
I
know
what
God
will
do
for
me."
22:4 And
he
left
them
with
the
king
of
Moab,
and
they
stayed
with
him
all
the
time
that
David
was
in
the
stronghold.
22:5 Then
the
prophet
Gad
said
to
David,
"Do
not
remain
in
the
stronghold;
depart,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Judah."
So
David
departed
and
went
into
the
forest
of
Hereth.
22:6 Now
Saul
heard
that
David
was
discovered,
and
the
men
who
were
with
him.
Saul
was
sitting
at
Gibeah
under
the
tamarisk
tree
on
the
height
with
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
about
him.
22:7 And
Saul
said
to
his
servants
who
stood
about
him,
"Hear
now,
people
of
Benjamin;
will
the
son
of
Jesse
give
every
one
of
you
fields
and
vineyards,
will
he
make
you
all
commanders
of
thousands
and
commanders
of
hundreds,
22:8 that
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me
No
one
discloses
to
me
when
my
son
makes
a
covenant
with
the
son
of
Jesse.
None
of
you
is
sorry
for
me
or
discloses
to
me
that
my
son
has
stirred
up
my
servant
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
at
this
day."
22:9 Then
answered
Doeg
the
Edomite,
who
stood
by
the
servants
of
Saul,
"I
saw
the
son
of
Jesse
coming
to
Nob,
to
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub,
22:10 and
he
inquired
of
the
LORD
for
him
and
gave
him
provisions
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine."
22:11 Then
the
king
sent
to
summon
Ahimelech
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
all
his
father's
house,
the
priests
who
were
at
Nob,
and
all
of
them
came
to
the
king.
22:12 And
Saul
said,
"Hear
now,
son
of
Ahitub."
And
he
answered,
"Here
I
am,
my
lord."
22:13 And
Saul
said
to
him,
"Why
have
you
conspired
against
me,
you
and
the
son
of
Jesse,
in
that
you
have
given
him
bread
and
a
sword
and
have
inquired
of
God
for
him,
so
that
he
has
risen
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
at
this
day"
22:14 Then
Ahimelech
answered
the
king,
"And
who
among
all
your
servants
is
so
faithful
as
David,
who
is
the
king's
son-in-law,
and
captain
over
your
bodyguard,
and
honored
in
your
house
22:15 Is
today
the
first
time
that
I
have
inquired
of
God
for
him
No!
Let
not
the
king
impute
anything
to
his
servant
or
to
all
the
house
of
my
father,
for
your
servant
has
known
nothing
of
all
this,
much
or
little."
22:16 And
the
king
said,
"You
shall
surely
die,
Ahimelech,
you
and
all
your
father's
house."
22:17 And
the
king
said
to
the
guard
who
stood
about
him,
"Turn
and
kill
the
priests
of
the
LORD,
because
their
hand
also
is
with
David,
and
they
knew
that
he
fled
and
did
not
disclose
it
to
me."
But
the
servants
of
the
king
would
not
put
out
their
hand
to
strike
the
priests
of
the
LORD.
22:18 Then
the
king
said
to
Doeg,
"You
turn
and
strike
the
priests."
And
Doeg
the
Edomite
turned
and
struck
down
the
priests,
and
he
killed
on
that
day
eighty-five
persons
who
wore
the
linen
ephod.
22:19 And
Nob,
the
city
of
the
priests,
he
put
to
the
sword;
both
man
and
woman,
child
and
infant,
ox,
donkey
and
sheep,
he
put
to
the
sword.
22:20 But
one
of
the
sons
of
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub,
named
Abiathar,
escaped
and
fled
after
David.
22:21 And
Abiathar
told
David
that
Saul
had
killed
the
priests
of
the
LORD.
22:22 And
David
said
to
Abiathar,
"I
knew
on
that
day,
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that
he
would
surely
tell
Saul.
I
have
occasioned
the
death
of
all
the
persons
of
your
father's
house.
22:23 Stay
with
me;
do
not
be
afraid,
for
he
who
seeks
my
life
seeks
your
life.
With
me
you
shall
be
in
safekeeping."