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 22:1 ¶ David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

 22:1 ¶ Davidº therefore departedººº thence,ºº and escapedºº toº the caveº Adullam:º and when his brethrenº and allº his father'sº houseº heardºº [it], they went downºº thitherº toº him.

 22:2 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 captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

 22:2 And everyº oneº [that was] in distress,º and everyº oneº thatº [was] in debt,ºº and everyº oneº [that was] discontented,ºº gatheredºº themselvesº untoº him; and he becameº a captainº overº them: and there wereº withº him about fourº hundredº men.º

 22:3 ¶ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.

 22:3 ¶ And Davidº wentººº thenceºº to Mizpehº of Moab:º and he saidºº untoº the kingº of Moab,º Let my fatherº and my mother,º I pray thee,º come forth,ºº [and be] withº you, tillºº I knowºº whatº Godº will doºº for me.

 22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

 22:4 And he broughtºº themº beforeº the kingº of Moab:º and they dweltºº withº him allº the whileº that Davidº wasº in the hold.º

 22:5 ¶ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

 22:5 ¶ And the prophetº Gadº saidºº untoº David,º Abideºº notº in the hold;º depart,ººº and getºº thee into the landº of Judah.º Then Davidº departed,ººº and cameºº into the forestº of Hareth.º

 22:6 ¶ And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

 22:6 ¶ When Saulº heardºº thatº Davidº was discovered,ºº and the menºº thatº [were] withº him, (now Saulº abodeºº in Gibeahº underº a treeº in Ramah,º having his spearº in his hand,º and allº his servantsº [were] standingºº aboutº him;)

 22:7 And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

 22:7 Then Saulº saidºº unto his servantsº that stoodºº aboutº him, Hearº now,ººº ye Benjamites;º will the sonº of Jesseº giveºº every oneº of you fieldsº and vineyards,º [and] makeºº you allº captainsº of thousands,º and captainsº of hundreds;º

 22:8 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

 22:8 Thatº allº of you have conspiredºº againstº me, and [there is] noneº that shewethºººº me that my sonº hath made a leagueºº withº the sonº of Jesse,º and [there is] noneº ofº you that is sorryºº forº me, or shewethººº untoººº me thatº my sonº hath stirred upººº my servantº againstº me, to lie in wait,ºº as at thisº day?º

 22:9 ¶ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

 22:9 ¶ Then answeredºº Doegº the Edomite,º whichº was setºº overº the servantsº of Saul,º and said,ºº I sawººº the sonº of Jesseº comingºº to Nob,º toº Ahimelechº the sonº of Ahitub.º

 22:10 And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

 22:10 And he enquiredºº of the LORDº for him, and gaveºº him victuals,º and gaveºº him the swordº of Goliathº the Philistine.º

 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

 22:11 Then the kingº sentºº to callººº Ahimelechº the priest,º the sonº of Ahitub,º and allº his father'sº house,º the priestsº thatº [were] in Nob:º and they cameºº allº of them toº the king.º

 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

 22:12 And Saulº said,ºº Hearºº now,º thou sonº of Ahitub.º And he answered,ºº Hereº I [am], my lord.º

 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

 22:13 And Saulº saidºº untoº him, Whyº have ye conspiredºº againstº me, thouº and the sonº of Jesse,º in that thou hast givenºº him bread,º and a sword,º and hast enquiredºº of Godº for him, that he should riseºº againstº me, to lie in wait,ºº as at thisº day?º

 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

 22:14 Then Ahimelechº answeredººº the king,º and said,ºº And whoº [is so] faithfulºº among allº thy servantsº as David,º which is the king'sº son in law,º and goethºº atº thy bidding,º and is honourableºº in thine house?º

 22:15 Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.

 22:15 Did I thenº beginºº to enquireºº of Godº for him? be it farº from me:º let notº the kingº imputeºº [any] thingº unto his servant,º [nor] to allº the houseº of my father:º forº thy servantº knewºº nothingºº of allº this,º lessº orº more.º

 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

 22:16 And the kingº said,ºº Thou shalt surelyºº die,ºº Ahimelech,º thou,º and allº thy father'sº house.º

 22:17 ¶ And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

 22:17 ¶ And the kingº saidºº unto the footmenºº that stoodºº aboutº him, Turn,ºº and slayºº the priestsº of the LORD;º becauseº their handº alsoº [is] withº David,º and becauseº they knewºº whenº heº fled,ºº and did notº shewºººº it to me.º But the servantsº of the kingº wouldºº notº put forthººº their handº to fallºº upon the priestsº of the LORD.º

 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

 22:18 And the kingº saidºº to Doeg,º Turnºº thou,º and fallºº upon the priests.º And Doegº the Edomiteº turned,ºº and heº fellºº upon the priests,º and slewºº on thatº dayº fourscoreº and fiveº personsº that did wearºº a linenº ephod.º

 22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

 22:19 And Nob,º the cityº of the priests,º smoteºº he with the edgeº of the sword,º both menºº and women,º childrenºº and sucklings,ºº and oxen,º and asses,º and sheep,º with the edgeº of the sword.º

 22:20 ¶ And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

 22:20 ¶ And oneº of the sonsº of Ahimelechº the sonº of Ahitub,º namedº Abiathar,º escaped,ºº and fledºº afterº David.º

 22:21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.

 22:21 And Abiatharº shewedºº Davidº thatº Saulº had slainººº the LORD'Sº priests.º

 22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of thy father's house.

 22:22 And Davidº saidºº unto Abiathar,º I knewºº [it] thatº day,º whenº Doegº the Edomiteº [was] there,º thatº he would surelyºº tellºº Saul:º Iº have occasionedºº [the death] of allº the personsº of thy father'sº house.º

 22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

 22:23 Abideºº thou withº me, fearºº not:º forº he thatº seekethººº my lifeº seekethººº thy life:º butº withº me thouº [shalt be] in safeguard.º