Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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 ;
David therefore
departed
thence, and escaped to
the cave Adullam :
and when
his brethren and all his father's
house
heard
it
, they
went
down thither to
him.
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 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
a
captain
over them :
and there were
with him about four hundred men.
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 ;'
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 .
and he leadeth
them before the king of Moab ,
and they dwell
with him all the days
of
David's
being
in the fortress
.
And he brought
them before the king of Moab :
and they dwelt
with him all the while
that
David
was
in the hold
.
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.
And the prophet Gad
said
unto David, Abide not
in the
hold;
depart
, and get
thee into
the land of Judah .
Then
David departed,
and came
into
the forest of Hareth.
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 .
When
Saul heard
that David was
discovered
, and the men that
were
with him, (now
Saul abode
in Gibeah under a
tree
in Ramah, having
his spear in his hand, and all his servants were
standing about
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
unto
his servants that
stood
about
him, Hear now
, ye Benjamites; will
the son of Jesse give every
one
of
you
fields and vineyards ,
and
make
you all
captains
of thousands ,
and captains
of 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 .'
That
all of you have
conspired
against me, and there is none that
showeth
me
that
my son
hath
made
a
league
with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that
is
sorry
for me, or
showeth
unto
me
that my son hath stirred
up my servant against me, to lie in wait ,
as at this day ?
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 ,
Then
answered
Doeg the Edomite, which
was
set over the servants of Saul, and said
, I saw
the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to
Ahimelech the
son of Ahitub .
and he asketh
for him at
Jehovah
, and provision
hath
given
to
him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath
given
to
him
.
And he inquired
of
the
LORD
for him, and gave
him victuals
, and 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
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 .
and Saul saith
, `
Hear ,
I
pray
thee
, son of Ahitub ;'
and he saith
, `
Here `am'
I, my lord. '
And Saul said
, Hear now
, thou
son of Ahitub .
And he answered
, Here I am
, my lord.
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 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?
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?
Then
Ahimelech answered
the king ,
and said
, And who is
so
faithful
among all thy servants as David, which
is
the
king's
son in law, and goeth
at
thy bidding
, and is honorable
in thine
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. '
Did
I then
begin
to inquire
of
God
for him? be it far
from me :
let not the king impute
any
thing
unto
his servant, nor
to
all
the house of my father :
for thy servant knew
nothing of all this, less or more.
And the king saith
, `
Thou dost
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the
house
of
thy father
. '
And the king said
, Thou shalt
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy 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
.
And the king said
unto
the
footmen
that
stood
about
him, Turn, and slay
the priests of the
LORD:
because their hand also is with David, and because they knew
when
he fled
, and did
not show
it
to
me.
But
the servants of the king would
not put forth their hand to fall
upon
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 ,
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 slew
on
that day fourscore
and five persons
that
did
wear
a 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.
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.
And there
escapeth
one son
of Ahimelech ,
son of Ahitub, and
his
name
`is'
Abiathar, and he
fleeth
after David ,
And one of the
sons
of
Ahimelech the
son of Ahitub, named
Abiathar, escaped,
and fled
after David .
and Abiathar declareth
to
David that Saul hath
slain the priests of
Jehovah
.
And Abiathar showed
David that Saul had
slain the LORD's
priests.
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;
And David said
unto
Abiathar, I knew
it
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.
dwell
with me ;
fear not ;
for he who
seeketh my life seeketh thy life ;
for
a
charge
`art'
thou
with me. '
Abide
thou
with me ,
fear not :
for he that
seeketh my life seeketh thy life :
but
with me thou
shalt
be
in
safeguard
.
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