Dual Panel1So David <01732> left <01980> there <08033> and escaped <04422> to <0413> the cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>. When his brothers <0251> and the rest <03605> of his father’s <01> family <01004> learned <08085> about it, they went down <03381> there <08033> to <0413> him.
2All <03605> those <0376> who were in trouble <04689> or owed <05378> someone money <05378> or were discontented <05315> <04751> gathered around <06908> him, and he became <01961> their leader <08269>. He had about four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376> with <05973> him.
3Then David <01732> went <01980> from there <08033> to Mizpah <04708> in Moab <04124>, where he said <0559> to <0413> the king <04428> of Moab <04124>, “Please <04994> let my father <01> and mother <0517> stay <03318> with <0854> you until <0834> <05704> I know <03045> what <04100> God <0430> is going to do <06213> for me.”
4So he had them stay <05148> with <0854> the king <04428> of Moab <04124>; they stayed <03427> with <05973> him the whole <03605> time <03117> that David <01732> was <01961> in the stronghold <04686>.
5Then Gad <01410> the prophet <05030> said to <0413> David <01732>, “Don’t <03808> stay <03427> in the stronghold <04686>. Go <01980> to the land <0776> of Judah <03063>.” So David <01732> left <01980> and went <0935> to the forest <03293> of Hereth <02802>.
6But Saul <07586> found out <03045> the whereabouts <03588> of David <01732> and the men <0582> who <0834> were with <0854> him. Now Saul <07586> was sitting <03427> at Gibeah <01390> under <08478> the tamarisk tree <0815> at an elevated location <07413> with his spear <02595> in hand <03027> and all <03605> his servants <05650> stationed <05324> around <05921> him.
7Saul <07586> said <0559> to his servants <05650> who were stationed <05324> around <05921> him, “Listen up <08085>, you Benjaminites <01121>! Is Jesse’s <03448> son <01121> giving <05414> fields <07704> and vineyards <03754> to all <03605> of you? Or is he making <07760> all <0505> of you commanders <08269> and officers <03967> <08269>?
8For <03588> all <03605> of you have conspired <07194> against <05921> me! No <0369> one informs <0241> <01540> me when my own son <01121> makes an agreement <03772> with <05973> this son <01121> of Jesse <03448>! Not <0369> one of you feels sorry <02470> for me or informs <0241> <01540> me that <03588> my own son <01121> has commissioned <06965> my own servant <05650> to hide in <05921> ambush <0693> against me, as is the case today <03117>!”
9But Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130>, who <01931> had stationed <05324> himself with <05921> the servants <05650> of Saul <07586>, replied <06030>, “I saw <07200> this son <01121> of Jesse <03448> come <0935> to <0413> Ahimelech <0288> son <01121> of Ahitub <0285> at Nob <05011>.
10He inquired <07592> of the Lord <03068> for him and gave <05414> him provisions <06720>. He also gave <05414> him the sword <02719> of Goliath <01555> the Philistine <06430>.”
11Then the king <04428> arranged for a meeting <07121> with the priest <03548> Ahimelech <0288> son <01121> of Ahitub <0285> and all <03605> the priests <03548> of his father’s <01> house <01004> who <0834> were at Nob <05011>. They all <03605> came <0935> to <0413> the king <04428>.
12Then Saul <07586> said <0559>, “Listen <08085>, son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>.” He replied <0559>, “Here <02005> I am, my lord <0113>.”
13Saul <07586> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Why <04100> have you conspired <07194> against <05921> me, you <0859> and this son <01121> of Jesse <03448>? You gave <05414> him bread <03899> and a sword <02719> and inquired <07592> of God <0430> on his behalf, so that he opposes <06965> me and waits in ambush <0693>, as is the case today <02088> <03117>!”
14Ahimelech <0288> replied <06030> to the king <04428>, “Who <04310> among all <03605> your servants <05650> is faithful <0539> like David <01732>? He is the king’s <04428> son-in-law <02860>, the leader of your bodyguard <04928>, and honored <03513> in your house <01004>!
15Was it just today <03117> that I began <02490> to inquire <07592> of God <0430> on his behalf? Far be it <02486> from me! The king <04428> should not <0408> accuse <07760> his servant <05650> or any <03605> of my father’s <01> house <01004>. For <03588> your servant <05650> is not <03808> aware <03045> of all <03605> this <02063>– not in whole or <01419> <0176> <06996> in part <01419> <0176> <06996>!”
16But the king <04428> said <0559>, “You will surely die <04191> <04191>, Ahimelech <0288>, you <0859> and all <03605> your father’s <01> house <01004>!
17Then the king <04428> said <0559> to the messengers <07323> who were stationed <05324> beside <05921> him, “Turn <05437> and kill <04191> the priests <03548> of the Lord <03068>, for <03588> they too <01571> have sided <03027> with <05973> David <01732>! They knew <03045> he <01931> was fleeing <01272>, but they did not <03808> inform <0241> <01540> me.” But the king’s <04428> servants <05650> refused <014> <03808> to harm <06293> <03027> <07971> the priests <03548> of the Lord <03068>.
18Then the king <04428> said <0559> to Doeg <01673>, “You <0859> turn <05437> and strike down <06293> the priests <03548>!” So Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130> turned <05437> and struck down <06293> the priests <03548>. He <01931> killed <04191> on that day <03117> eighty-five <02568> <08084> men <0376> who wore <05375> the linen <0906> ephod <0646>.
19As for Nob <05011>, the city <05892> of the priests <03548>, he struck down <05221> with the sword <02719> men <0376> and women <0802>, children <05768> and infants <03243>, oxen <07794>, donkeys <02543>, and sheep <07716>– all with the sword <02719>.
20But one <0259> of the sons <01121> of Ahimelech <0288> son <01121> of Ahitub <0285> escaped <04422> and fled <01272> to <0310> David <01732>. His name <08034> was Abiathar <054>.
21Abiathar <054> told <05046> David <01732> that <03588> Saul <07586> had killed <02026> the priests <03548> of the Lord <03068>.
22Then David <01732> said <0559> to Abiathar <054>, “I knew <03045> that <01931> day <03117> when <03588> Doeg <01673> the Edomite <0130> was there <08033> that <03588> he would certainly tell <05046> <05046> Saul <07586>! I <0595> am guilty <05437> of all <03605> the deaths <05315> in your father’s <01> house <01004>!
23Stay <03427> with <0854> me. Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>! Whoever <0834> seeks <01245> my life <05315> is seeking <01245> your life <05315> as well. You <0859> are secure <04931> with me <05978>.”