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Themes in 1 Samuel 22
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Themes in 1 Samuel 22

1 Samuel 22:1

David went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard, they came down to him there.

1 Samuel 22:2

Every man in distress and every man who had a creditor and every embittered man gathered to him, and he became {their commander}. Now there [were] about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 22:3

And David went up from there to Mizpah of Moab. He said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother {stay} with you until I know what God will do for me."

1 Samuel 22:4

So {he brought them before the king of Moab}, and they stayed with him all the days David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 22:5

Then Gad the prophet said to David, "You should not stay in the stronghold; leave and go into the land of Judah." So David left and came [to] the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 22:6

Now Saul heard that David and the men who [were] with him had been located. Saul [was] sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk [tree] at Ramah. Now his spear [was] in his hand and all his servants [were] stationed around him.

1 Samuel 22:7

Then Saul said to the servants who [were] standing around him, "Please listen, {Benjaminites}! Will the son of Jesse give you all fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

1 Samuel 22:8

For all of you have conspired against me, and {no one discloses to me} the {making} [of an agreement] between my son and the son of Jesse! None of you have had sympathy for me or {disclosed to me} [that] {my son commissioned my servant against me to ambush me} as [has been done] this day!"

1 Samuel 22:9

But Doeg the Edomite, who [was] stationed among the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Samuel 22:10

And he inquired of Yahweh for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

1 Samuel 22:11

So the king sent to summon Ahimelech the son of Ahitub the priest, and all his father's household, the priests who [were] at Nob. So all of them came to the king.

1 Samuel 22:12

Saul said, "Listen please, son of Ahitub." He said, "Here I [am], my lord."

1 Samuel 22:13

Then Saul said to him, "Why did you conspire against me, you and the son of Jesse, when you gave to him bread and a sword, and by inquiring of God for him so that he might arise against me to ambush [me] as [has been done] this day?"

1 Samuel 22:14

But Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants [is] as faithful as David? He [is] the son-in-law of the king who moves [quickly] to safeguard you and is honored in your house.

1 Samuel 22:15

[Only] today I began to inquire of God for him. Far be it from me that {the king should impute anything against his servant} or against my father's household, for your servant has not known any of this matter, little or much."

1 Samuel 22:16

Then the king said, "You must certainly die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!"

1 Samuel 22:17

So the king said to the runners [who were] stationed around him, "Turn and kill the priests of Yahweh, because {they also support David} and because they knew that he was fleeing and {did not disclose it to me}." But the servants of the king [were] not willing to raise their hand to attack the priests of Yahweh.

1 Samuel 22:18

Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests himself, and on that day he killed eighty-five men who wore [the] linen ephod.

1 Samuel 22:19

And {he put to the sword} Nob, the city of the priests, from man to woman, from child to infant, and ox and donkey and sheep; [all] {to the sword}.

1 Samuel 22:20

But, one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, whose name was Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

1 Samuel 22:21

Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of Yahweh.

1 Samuel 22:22

Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day that Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. {I am responsible for the deaths of all your father's household}!

1 Samuel 22:23

Stay with me! Do not fear, because he who seeks my life seeks your life. You are in good care with me."
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