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| 1 Samuel 22:1 |
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So 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. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:2 |
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Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who
was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became
captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:3 |
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And 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." |
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| 1 Samuel 22:4 |
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Then he left them with the king of Moab; and
they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:5 |
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The 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. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:6 |
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Then 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. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:7 |
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Saul 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? |
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| 1 Samuel 22:8 |
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For all of you have conspired against me so
that there is no one who 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 discloses to me
that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as it is this
day." |
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| 1 Samuel 22:9 |
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Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the
servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the
son of Ahitub. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:10 |
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He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions,
and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." |
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| 1 Samuel 22:11 |
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Then 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. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:12 |
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Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And
he answered, "Here I am, my lord." |
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| 1 Samuel 22:13 |
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Saul 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?" |
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| 1 Samuel 22:14 |
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Then 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 is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? |
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| 1 Samuel 22:15 |
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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 at all of this whole
affair." |
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| 1 Samuel 22:16 |
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But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech,
you and all your father's household!" |
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| 1 Samuel 22:17 |
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And the king said to the 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 reveal
it to me." But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands
to attack the priests of the LORD. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:18 |
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Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around
and attack the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests,
and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:19 |
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And 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. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:20 |
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But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,
named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:21 |
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Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the
priests of the LORD. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:22 |
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Then 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. |
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| 1 Samuel 22:23 |
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Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks
my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me." |
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