David{H1732} therefore departed{H3212} thence, and escaped{H4422} to the cave{H4631} of Adullam:{H5725} and when his brethren{H251} and all his father's{H1} house{H1004} heard{H8085} it, they went down{H3381} thither to him.

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 captain{H8269} over them: and there were with him about four{H702} hundred{H3967} men.{H376}

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.

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 stronghold.{H4686}

And the prophet{H5030} Gad{H1410} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Abide{H3427} not in the stronghold;{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 Hereth.{H2802}

And Saul{H7586} heard{H8085} that David{H1732} was discovered,{H3045} and the men{H582} that were with him: now Saul{H7586} was sitting{H3427} in Gibeah,{H1390} under the tamarisk-tree{H815} in Ramah,{H7414} with his spear{H2595} in his hand,{H3027} and all his servants{H5650} were standing{H5324} about him.

And 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} will he make{H7760} you all captains{H8269} of thousands{H505} and captains{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967}

that all of you have conspired{H7194} against me, and there is none that discloseth{H1540} to me when my son{H1121} maketh a league{H3772} with the son{H1121} of Jesse,{H3448} and there is none of you that is sorry{H2470} for me, or discloseth{H1540} 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}

Then answered{H6030} Doeg{H1673} the Edomite,{H130} who stood{H5324} by 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}

And he inquired{H7592} of Jehovah{H3068} for him, and gave{H5414} him victuals,{H6720} and gave{H5414} him the sword{H2719} of Goliath{H1555} the Philistine.{H6430}

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{H1} house,{H1004} the priests{H3548} that were in Nob:{H5011} and they came{H935} all of them to the king.{H4428}

And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Hear{H8085} now, thou son{H1121} of Ahitub.{H285} And he answered,{H559} Here I am, my lord.{H113}

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 inquired{H7592} of God{H430} for him, that he should rise{H6965} against me, to lie in wait,{H693} as at this day?{H3117}

Then Ahimelech{H288} answered{H6030} the king,{H4428} and said,{H559} And who among all thy servants{H5650} is so faithful{H539} as David,{H1732} who is the king's{H4428} son-in-law,{H2860} and is taken{H5493} into thy council,{H4928} and is honorable{H3513} in thy house?{H1004}

Have I to-day{H3117} begun{H2490} to inquire{H7592} of God{H430} for him? be it far from me:{H2486} let not the king{H4428} impute{H7760} anything{H1697} unto his servant,{H5650} nor to all the house{H1004} of my father;{H1} for thy servant{H5650} knoweth{H3045} nothing{H1697} of all this, less{H6996} or more.{H1419}

And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Thou shalt surely{H4191} die,{H4191} Ahimelech,{H288} thou, and all thy father's{H1} house.{H1004}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto the guard{H7323} that stood{H5324} about him, Turn,{H5437} and slay{H4191} the priests{H3548} of Jehovah;{H3068} because their hand{H3027} also is with David,{H1732} and because they knew{H3045} that he fled,{H1272} and did not disclose{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 Jehovah.{H3068}

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 he slew{H4191} on that day{H3117} fourscore{H8084} and five{H2568} persons{H376} that did wear{H5375} a linen{H906} ephod.{H646}

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}

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}

And Abiathar{H54} told{H5046} David{H1732} that Saul{H7586} had slain{H2026} Jehovah's{H3068} priests.{H3548}

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Abiathar,{H54} I knew{H3045} on 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{H1} house.{H1004}

Abide{H3427} thou with me, fear{H3372} not; for he that seeketh{H1245} my life{H5315} seeketh{H1245} thy life:{H5315} for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.{H4931}