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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Samuel 22 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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 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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch09022" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn09022" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span id="v09022001" class="ver">1</span>David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his family heard about it, they came down to him there.<a id="ren09022001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022001-a">a</a> <span id="v09022002" class="ver">2</span>He was joined by all those in difficulties or in debt, or embittered,<a id="rfn09022002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn09022002-1">*</a> and became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.</p> <p><span id="v09022003" class="ver">3</span>From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Let my father and mother stay with you, until I learn what God will do for me.” <span id="v09022004" class="ver">4</span>He left them with the king of Moab; they stayed with him as long as David remained in the stronghold.<a id="rfn09022004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn09022004-1">*</a></p> <p><span id="v09022005" class="ver">5</span>But Gad the prophet said to David: “Do not remain in the stronghold! Leave! Go to the land of Judah.” And so David left and went to the forest of Hereth.<a id="ren09022005-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022005-b">b</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Doeg Betrays Ahimelech.</span> <span id="v09022006" class="ver">6</span>Now Saul heard that David and his men had been located. At the time he was sitting in Gibeah under a tamarisk tree on the high place, holding his spear, while all his servants stood by him.<a id="ren09022006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022006-c">c</a> <span id="v09022007" class="ver">7</span>So he said to them: “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he appoint any of you an officer over a thousand or a hundred men?<a id="ren09022007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022007-d">d</a> <span id="v09022008" class="ver">8</span>Is that why you have all conspired against me? Why no one told me that my son had made a pact with the son of Jesse? None of you has shown compassion for me by revealing to me that my son has incited my servant to ambush me, as is the case today.”<a id="ren09022008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022008-e">e</a> <span id="v09022009" class="ver">9</span><a id="ren09022009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022009-f">f</a> Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officers, spoke up: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, in Nob. <span id="v09022010" class="ver">10</span>He consulted the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> for him, furnished him with provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Slaughter of the Priests.</span> <span id="v09022011" class="ver">11</span>So the king summoned Ahimelech the priest, son of Ahitub, and all his family, the priests in Nob. They all came to the king. <span id="v09022012" class="ver">12</span>“Listen, son of Ahitub!” Saul declared. “Yes, my lord,” he replied. <span id="v09022013" class="ver">13</span>Saul questioned him, “Why have you conspired against me with the son of Jesse by giving him food and a sword and by consulting God for him, that he might rise up against me in ambush, as is the case today?” <span id="v09022014" class="ver">14</span>Ahimelech answered the king: “Who among all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your own house? <span id="v09022015" class="ver">15</span>Is this the first time I have consulted God for him? No indeed! Let not the king accuse his servant or anyone in my family of such a thing. Your servant knows nothing at all, great or small, about the whole matter.” <span id="v09022016" class="ver">16</span>But the king said, “You shall certainly die, Ahimelech, with all your family.” <span id="v09022017" class="ver">17</span>The king then commanded his guards standing by him: “Turn and kill the priests of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, for they gave David a hand. They knew he was a fugitive and yet failed to inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to raise a hand to strike the priests of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren09022017-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022017-g">g</a></p> <p><span id="v09022018" class="ver">18</span>The king therefore commanded Doeg, “You, turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite himself turned and killed the priests that day—eighty-five who wore the linen ephod. <span id="v09022019" class="ver">19</span>Saul also put the priestly city of Nob to the sword, including men and women, children and infants, and oxen, donkeys and sheep.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Abiathar Escapes.</span> <span id="v09022020" class="ver">20</span>One son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,<a id="rfn09022020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn09022020-1">*</a> escaped and fled to David.<a id="ren09022020-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en09022020-h">h</a> <span id="v09022021" class="ver">21</span>When Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, <span id="v09022022" class="ver">22</span>David said to him: “I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. I am responsible for the slaughter of all your family. <span id="v09022023" class="ver">23</span>Stay with me. Do not be afraid; whoever seeks your life must seek my life also. You are under my protection.”<a id="rfn09022023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn09022023-1">*</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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