<vn='1'><sn="1732">David</s> therefore <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and <sn="4422">escaped</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4631">cave</s><sn="5725">Adullam</s>: and when his <sn="251">brethren</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s><sn="8085">heard</s> it, they went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="8033">thither</s><sn="413">to</s> him. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3605">every</s><sn="376">one</s> that was in <sn="4689">distress</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="5378">debt</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="376">one</s> that was <sn="4751 5315">discontented</s>, gathered <sn="6908">themselves</s><sn="413">unto</s> him; and he <sn="1961">became</s> a <sn="8269">captain</s><sn="5921">over</s> them: and there <sn="1961">were</s><sn="5973">with</s> him about <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s> to <sn="4708">Mizpeh</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: and he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, Let my <sn="1">father</s> and my <sn="517">mother</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, come <sn="3318">forth</s>, and be <sn="854">with</s> you, <sn="5704 834">till</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="4100">what</s><sn="430">God</s> will <sn="6213">do</s> for me. </v>
<vn='4'>And he <sn="5148">brought</s> them <sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: and they <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">while</s> that <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1961">was</s> in the <sn="4686">hold</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1410">Gad</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3427">Abide</s><sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="4686">hold</s>; <sn="1980">depart</s>, and <sn="935">get</s> thee into the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. Then <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="3293">forest</s> of <sn="2802">Hareth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>When <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="3045">discovered</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">with</s> him, (now <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s><sn="8478">under</s> a <sn="815">tree</s> in <sn="7414">Ramah</s>, having his <sn="2595">spear</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s> were <sn="5324">standing</s><sn="5921">about</s> him;) </v>
<vn='7'>Then <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s> unto his <sn="5650">servants</s> that <sn="5324">stood</s><sn="5921">about</s> him, <sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="4994">now</s>, ye <sn="1145">Benjamites</s>; will the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s><sn="5414">give</s> every <sn="3605">one</s> of you <sn="7704">fields</s> and <sn="3754">vineyards</s>, and <sn="7760">make</s> you <sn="3605">all</s><sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="505">thousands</s>, and <sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="3967">hundreds</s>; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">That</s><sn="3605">all</s> of you have <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> me, and there is <sn="369">none</s> that <sn="1540 *853 241">showeth</s> me that my <sn="1121">son</s> hath made a <sn="3772">league</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>, and there is <sn="369">none</s><sn="4480">of</s> you that is <sn="2470">sorry</s><sn="5921">for</s> me, or showeth <sn="1540 *853 241">unto</s> me <sn="3588">that</s> my <sn="1121">son</s> hath stirred <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="5921">against</s> me, to lie in <sn="693">wait</s>, as at <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="1673">Doeg</s> the <sn="130">Edomite</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> was <sn="5324">set</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s><sn="935">coming</s> to <sn="5011">Nob</s>, <sn="413">to</s><sn="288">Ahimelech</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="285">Ahitub</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And he <sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> for him, and <sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="6720">victuals</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> him the <sn="2719">sword</s> of <sn="1555">Goliath</s> the <sn="6430">Philistine</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="7121">call</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="288">Ahimelech</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="285">Ahitub</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="5011">Nob</s>: and they <sn="935">came</s><sn="3605">all</s> of them <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="4994">now</s>, thou <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="285">Ahitub</s>. And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> I am, my <sn="113">lord</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="4100">Why</s> have ye <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> me, <sn="859">thou</s> and the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>, in that thou hast <sn="5414">given</s> him <sn="3899">bread</s>, and a <sn="2719">sword</s>, and hast <sn="7592">inquired</s> of <sn="430">God</s> for him, that he should <sn="6965">rise</s><sn="413">against</s> me, to lie in <sn="693">wait</s>, as at <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="288">Ahimelech</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, And <sn="4310">who</s> is so <sn="539">faithful</s> among <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s> as <sn="1732">David</s>, which is the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law, and <sn="5493">goeth</s><sn="413">at</s> thy <sn="4928">bidding</s>, and is <sn="3513">honorable</s> in thine <sn="1004">house</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>Did I <sn="3117">then</s><sn="2490">begin</s> to <sn="7592">inquire</s> of <sn="430">God</s> for him? be it <sn="2486">far</s> from me: let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7760">impute</s> any <sn="1697">thing</s> unto his <sn="5650">servant</s>, nor to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of my <sn="1">father</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">nothing</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="6996">less</s><sn="176">or</s><sn="1419">more</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, Thou shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>, <sn="288">Ahimelech</s>, <sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="7323">footmen</s> that <sn="5324">stood</s><sn="5921">about</s> him, <sn="5437">Turn</s>, and <sn="4191">slay</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> their <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="1571">also</s> is <sn="5973">with</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">when</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="1272">fled</s>, and did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1540">show</s><sn="*853"></s> it to <sn="241">me</s>. But the <sn="5650">servants</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s> put <sn="7971">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3027">hand</s> to <sn="6293">fall</s> upon the <sn="3548">priests</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="1673">Doeg</s>, <sn="5437">Turn</s><sn="859">thou</s>, and <sn="6293">fall</s> upon the <sn="3548">priests</s>. And <sn="1673">Doeg</s> the <sn="130">Edomite</s><sn="5437">turned</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="6293">fell</s> upon the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and <sn="4191">slew</s> on <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="8084">fourscore</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="376">persons</s> that did <sn="5375">wear</s> a <sn="906">linen</s><sn="646">ephod</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="5011">Nob</s>, the <sn="5892">city</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="5221">smote</s> he with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>, both <sn="4480 376">men</s> and <sn="802">women</s>, <sn="4480 5768">children</s> and <sn="3243">sucklings</s>, and <sn="7794">oxen</s>, and <sn="2543">asses</s>, and <sn="7716">sheep</s>, with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="288">Ahimelech</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="285">Ahitub</s>, <sn="8034">named</s><sn="54">Abiathar</s>, <sn="4422">escaped</s>, and <sn="1272">fled</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="54">Abiathar</s><sn="5046">showed</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> had <sn="2026">slain</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="3548">priests</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="54">Abiathar</s>, I <sn="3045">knew</s> it <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3588">when</s><sn="1673">Doeg</s> the <sn="130">Edomite</s> was <sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> he would surely <sn="5046 5046">tell</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>: <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="5437">occasioned</s> the death of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5315">persons</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3427">Abide</s> thou <sn="854">with</s> me, <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="834">that</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">life</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>: <sn="3588">but</s><sn="5973">with</s> me <sn="859">thou</s> shalt be in <sn="4931">safeguard</s>. </v>