1 Samuel
1 Samuel 22
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1 Samuel 22 — Scripture text (King James Version)
therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave : and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. And went thence to Mizpeh of : and he said unto the king of , Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. And he brought them before the king of : and they dwelt with him all the while that was in the hold. And the prophet said unto , Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of . Then departed, and came into the forest of . When heard that was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now abode in under a tree in , having his in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) Then said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye ; will the son of give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of , and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Then answered the , which was set over the servants of , and said, I saw the son of coming to , to the son of . And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the of the . Then the king sent to call the priest, the son of , and all his father’s house, the priests that were in : and they came all of them to the king. And said, Hear now, thou son of . And he answered, Here I am, my lord. And said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of , in that thou hast given him bread, and a , and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Then answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as , which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? Did I then begin to enquire 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 knew nothing of all this, less or more. And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house. And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with , and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. And the king said to , Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And the turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen . And , the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the , both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and , with the edge of the . And one of the sons of the son of , named , escaped, and fled after . And shewed that had slain the LORD’S priests. And said unto , I knew it that day, when the was there, that he would surely tell : I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house. Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.