Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
David goeth
thence,
and is
escaped
unto
the cave of Adullam ,
and
his brethren
hear,
and all
the house
of his father
, and
go
down unto
him thither;
So
David left
Gath
and took
refuge
in
the cave of Adullam .
When
his brothers
and the rest
of his father’s
household
heard
about
it
, they
went
down to
him there.
and gather
themselves
unto
him
do
every
man
in
distress,
and
every
man
who hath
an
exactor,
and
every
man
bitter
in
soul
, and he is
over
them
for
head,
and
there
are
with
him
about four hundred men.
And all
who were
distressed
or
indebted
or
discontented
rallied
around
him
, and he became
their
leader.
About four hundred men were
with
him
.
And
David goeth
thence
to Mizpeh of Moab, and
saith
unto
the king of Moab, `
Let ,
I
pray
thee,
my father and my
mother go
out
with you ,
till
that
I know
what God doth
for me ;'
From
there
David went
to Mizpeh of Moab, where
he
said
to
the king of Moab, “Please
let my father and mother stay
with you until
I learn
what God will
do
for me .”
and
he leadeth
them before
the king of Moab, and they dwell
with him all
the days
of
David's
being
in the fortress
.
So
he left
them in
the care
of
the
king of Moab, and they stayed
with him the whole
time
David
was
in the stronghold
.
And
Gad
the prophet saith
unto
David, `Thou
dost
not abide
in a
fortress,
go,
and thou
hast
entered
for
thee
the land of Judah ;'
and
David goeth
and entereth
the forest of Hareth
.
Then
the prophet Gad
said
to
David, “Do
not stay
in the
stronghold.
Depart
and go
into
the land of Judah .”
So
David left
and went
to
the forest of Hereth
.
And
Saul heareth
that David hath
become
known,
and the
men who
`are'
with
him,
and
Saul is
abiding
in Gibeah, under the grove
in
Ramah
, and
his spear `is'
in his
hand ,
and all his servants standing by
him.
Soon
Saul learned
that David and his
men had
been
discovered.
At
that
time
Saul was
in Gibeah, sitting
under the tamarisk
tree
on
the
hill
at
Gibeah
, with
his spear in hand and all his servants standing around
him.
And
Saul saith
to his servants who
are
standing
by
him
, `Hear,
I
pray
you
, ye
Benjamites;
also
to
all
of you
doth
the son of Jesse give
fields and vineyards !
all
of
you he
doth
appoint
heads
of thousands and
heads
of
hundreds !
Then
Saul said
to his servants, “Listen
, men
of Benjamin!
Is
the son of Jesse giving
all
of
you
fields and vineyards and
making
you commanders
of thousands or
hundreds ?
for
ye
have
conspired
all of you against me ,
and
there
is
none
uncovering
mine
ear
about
my son's
covenanting
with the son of Jesse ,
and
there
is
none
of you grieving
for me ,
and
uncovering
mine
ear,
that my son hath
raised
up my servant against
me,
to lie in wait as `at'
this
day
. '
Is
that
why
all of you have
conspired
against me ?
Not
one
of
you
told
me
that
my own
son
had
made
a
covenant
with the son of Jesse .
Not
one
of you has
shown
concern
for me or
revealed
to
me
that my son has
stirred
up my own
servant to lie in wait against
me,
as is
the
case
today
. ”
And
answer
doth
Doeg the Edomite, who is
set
over
the
servants of
Saul
, and
saith,
`
I have
seen
the son of Jesse coming
in
to Nob,
unto
Ahimelech son of Ahitub ,
But
Doeg the Edomite, who had
stationed
himself
with
Saul’s
servants, answered:
“
I saw
the son of Jesse come
to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at
Nob.
and
he
asketh
for him at
Jehovah,
and provision
hath
given
to
him ,
and
the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath
given
to
him
.
Ahimelech
inquired
of
the
LORD
for him and gave
him provisions.
He
also
gave
him
the sword of Goliath the Philistine. ”
And
the king sendeth
to call
Ahimelech son
of
Ahitub,
the priest, and
all
the house
of his
father
, the
priests
, who `are'
in
Nob ,
and they
come
all of them unto
the king ;
Then
the king sent
messengers
to summon
Ahimelech the priest, the son
of Ahitub
, and
his
father’s
whole
family
, who were
priests
at
Nob .
And all of them came
to
the king .
and
Saul
saith,
`Hear,
I
pray
thee
, son of Ahitub ;'
and
he
saith
, `
Here `am'
I, my lord. '
“Listen
now
, son of Ahitub, ”
said
Saul.
“
Here I am
, my lord ,”
he
replied
.
And Saul saith
unto
him, `
Why have ye
conspired
against
me,
thou
and the son of Jesse ,
by
thy
giving
to
him bread and a sword ,
and to
ask
for him at
God,
to
rise against me ,
to lie in wait, as `at'
this
day?'
And Saul asked
him, “
Why have you
and the son of Jesse conspired
against
me?
You
gave
him bread and a sword and inquired
of
God
for him so
that
he
could
rise up
against me to lie in wait, as he
is
doing
today.”
And
Ahimelech answereth
the king and
saith
, `And
who among all thy
servants `
is '
as David
--
faithful, and
son-in-law of
the
king
, and
hath
turned
aside
unto
thy
council,
and
is honoured
in thy
house?
Ahimelech answered
the king, “
Who among all your
servants is as faithful as
David
, the
king’s
son-in-law, the
captain
of
your
bodyguard
who
is honored
in your
house?
To-
day have
I begun
to
ask
for him at
God
? far be it from me! let not the king lay
anything
against
his
servant ,
against
any of the
house
of
my father
, for thy
servant hath
known
nothing of all
this ,
less
or more
. '
Was
that
day the
first
time
I inquired
of
God
for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse
your
servant or
any of my father’s
household
, for your
servant knew
nothing of this whole
affair—not
in
part
or in
whole
. ”
And
the king saith
, `Thou
dost
surely die, Ahimelech, thou,
and all the
house of
thy
father.'
But
the king replied
, “You
will
surely die, Ahimelech, you
and all your
father’s
house !”
And
the king saith
to
runners,
those
standing
by
him
, `
Turn round,
and put
to
death
the priests of Jehovah
, because their
hand
also
`is'
with David ,
and
because
they have
known
that
he is
fleeing, and
have
not uncovered
mine
ear;'
and
the servants of
the
king
have
not been
willing
to
put
forth
their
hand to come
against
the priests of Jehovah
.
Then
the king ordered
the
guards
at
his
side
, “
Turn and kill
the priests of the
LORD
, because they
too
sided
with David .
For
they knew
he was
fleeing, but
they
did
not tell
me.”
But
the king’s
servants would
not lift
a
hand to strike
the priests of the
LORD
.
And
the king saith
to
Doeg, `
Turn round
thou,
and come
against
the priests ;'
and Doeg the Edomite turneth
round,
and cometh
himself
against
the priests ,
and
putteth
to
death
in
that day eighty and
five men bearing
a
linen ephod ,
So
the king ordered
Doeg, “You
turn and strike
down
the priests !”
And Doeg the Edomite turned
and struck
down
the priests himself.
On
that day he
killed
eighty -
five men who
wore
the
linen ephod .
and
Nob, the city of the priests, he
hath
smitten
by
the
mouth
of
the
sword,
from
man
even
unto
woman,
from
infant
even
unto
suckling,
and ox
, and ass
, and sheep ,
by
the
mouth
of
the
sword
.
He
also
put
to
the
sword
Nob, the city of the priests, with
its
men
and women
, children
and infants
, oxen,
donkeys,
and sheep.
And
there
escapeth
one son
of Ahimelech ,
son of Ahitub ,
and
his name `is'
Abiathar, and he fleeth
after
David ,
But
one of the
sons
of
Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped.
His name was
Abiathar, and he fled
to
David .
and Abiathar declareth
to
David that Saul hath
slain
the priests of Jehovah
.
And Abiathar told
David that Saul had
killed
the priests of the
LORD
.
And
David saith
to Abiathar, `
I have
known
on
that day
when
Doeg the Edomite `is'
there, that he doth
certainly
declare
`it'
to Saul ;
I have
brought
`it'
round
to
every
person
of
the house
of thy
father;
Then
David said
to Abiathar, “
I knew
that Doeg the Edomite was
there that
day
, and
that he was
sure
to tell
Saul .
I myself
am
responsible
for
the lives
of everyone
in
your
father’s
house.
dwell
with me; fear
not ;
for he who seeketh
my
life
seeketh
thy
life ;
for
a
charge
`art'
thou
with me. '
Stay
with me; do
not be
afraid,
for he who seeks
your
life is
seeking
mine
as
well.
You
will
be
safe
with me. ”
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