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1 Samuel 22 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Priests Slain at Nob

1Sa 22:1

1Sa 22:1So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him.

1Sa 22:2

1Sa 22:2Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who [fn]was in debt, and everyone who was [fn]discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him.

1Sa 22:3

1Sa 22:3And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

1Sa 22:4

1Sa 22:4Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

1Sa 22:5

1Sa 22:5The prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

1Sa 22:6

1Sa 22:6Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.

1Sa 22:7

1Sa 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

1Sa 22:8

1Sa 22:8“For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who [fn]discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me or [fn]discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as it is this day.”

1Sa 22:9

1Sa 22:9Then Doeg the Edomite, who was [fn]standing by the servants of Saul, said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1Sa 22:10

1Sa 22:10“He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1Sa 22:11

1Sa 22:11Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

1Sa 22:12

1Sa 22:12Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.” And he [fn]answered, “Here I am, my lord.”

1Sa 22:13

1Sa 22:13Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?”

1Sa 22:14

1Sa 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king’s son-in-law, who [fn]is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?

1Sa 22:15

1Sa 22:15“Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing [fn]at all of this whole affair.”

1Sa 22:16

1Sa 22:16But the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s household!”

1Sa 22:17

1Sa 22:17And the king said to the [fn]guards who were attending him, “Turn around and put the priests of the LORD to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not [fn]reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to [fn]attack the priests of the LORD.

1Sa 22:18

1Sa 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and [fn]attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and [fn]attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

1Sa 22:19

1Sa 22:19And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.

1Sa 22:20

1Sa 22:20But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

1Sa 22:21

1Sa 22:21Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

1Sa 22:22

1Sa 22:22Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father’s household.

1Sa 22:23

1Sa 22:23“Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are [fn]safe with me.”
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: had a creditor
Literally: bitter of soul
Literally: uncovers my ear
Or, set over
Literally: said
So with Gr; Heb turns aside to
Literally: small or great
Literally: runners
Literally: uncover my ear
Literally: fall upon
Literally: smite
Literally: smote
Literally: a charge
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