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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 22 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > 1 Samuel 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/21.htm" title="1 Samuel 21">◄</a> 1 Samuel 22 <a href="../1_samuel/23.htm" title="1 Samuel 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/22-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">David Flees to Adullam and Mizpeh<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Odollam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And there gathered to him every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was troubled in mind; and he was a leader over them, and there were with him about four hundred men.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And David departed thence to Massephath of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother be with thee, until I know what God will do to me. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Juda. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Saric.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Saul Slays the Priests of Nob<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul dwelt in the hill below the field that is in Rama, and his spear <i>was</i> in his hand, and all his servants stood near him. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessae indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands? <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>That ye are conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessae, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me, that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as <i>it is</i> this day? <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And <i>the priest</i> enquired of God for him, and gave him provision, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitob. And he said, Lo! I <i>am here</i>, speak, <i>my</i> lord. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jessae conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as <i>he is</i> this day?<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he answered the king, and said, And who <i>is</i> there among all thy servants faithful as David, and <i>he is</i> a son-in-law of the king, and <i>he is</i> executor of all thy commands, and <i>is</i> honourable in thy house? <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against thee whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand <i>is</i> with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the king said to Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he smote Nomba the city of the priest with the edge of the sword, both man, and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name <i>was</i> Abiathar, and he fled after David. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doec the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of thy father. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place <i>of safety</i> for my life, I will also seek a place for thy life, for thou art safely guarded <i>while</i> with me.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>