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1 Samuel 22 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Odollam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - And there gathered to him every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was troubled in mind; and he was a leader over them, and there were with him about four hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3 - And David departed thence to Massephath of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother be with thee, until I know what God will do to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - And he persuaded [fn]the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him continually, while David was in the hold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Juda. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Saric.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul dwelt in the hill below the field that is in Rama, and his spear was in his hand, and all his servants stood near him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessæ indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - that ye are all conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessæ, and there is no one of you that [fn]is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul [fn]answered and said, I saw the son of Jessæ as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - And the priest enquired of God for him, and gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitob. And he said, Lo! I am here, speak, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jessæ conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - And he answered the king, and said, And who is there among all thy servants faithful as David, and he is a son-in-law of the king, and he is executor of all thy commands, and is honourable in thy house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? by no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against the whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he [fn]fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - And the king said to Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing [fn]an ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And he smote Nomba the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:21 - And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doec the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the [fn]death of the house of thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23 - Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place of safety for my life, I will also seek a place for thy life, for thou art safely guarded while with me.
BES Footnotes
Gr. the face of the king.
Gr. labours.
Gr. answers.
Gr. flees.
Alex. a linen ephod.
Gr. souls or lives.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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