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1 Samuel 22 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Priests Killed at Nob

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 -

So David H1732 departed H1980 from there H8033 and escaped H4422 to the cave H4631 of Adullam H5725; and when his brothers H251 and all H3605 his father’s H1 household H1004 heard H8085 about it, they went H3381 down H3381 there H8033 to him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - Then everyone H3605 who was in distress H4689, and everyone H3605 who H834 [fn]was in debt H5377, and everyone H3605 who was [fn]discontented H4751 H5315 gathered H6908 to him; and he became H1961 captain H8269 over H5921 them. Now there were about four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3 -

And David H1732 went H1980 from there H8033 to Mizpah H4708 of Moab H4124; and he said H559 to the king H4428 of Moab H4124, “Please H4994 let my father H1 and my mother H517 come H3318 and stay with you until H5704 H834 I know H3045 what H4100 God H430 will do H6213 for me.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - Then he [fn]left H5117 them with the king H4428 of Moab H4124; and they stayed H3427 with him all H3605 the time H3117 that David H1732 was in the stronghold H4686.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - But Gad H1410 the prophet H5030 said H559 to David H1732, “Do not stay H3427 in the stronghold H4686; leave H1980, and go H935 into the land H776 of Judah H3063.” So David H1732 left H1980 and went H935 into the forest H3293 of Hereth H2802.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 -

Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was in Gibeah H1390, sitting H3427 under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - Saul H7586 said H559 to his servants H5650 who were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him, “Hear H8085 now H4994, you Benjaminites H1145! Will the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 really H1571 give H5414 all H3605 of you fields H7704 and vineyards H3754? Will he make H7760 you all H3605 commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - “For all H3605 of you have conspired H7194 against H5921 me so that there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who [fn]informs H1540 H241 me when my son H1121 makes H3772 a covenant with the son H1121 of Jesse H3448, and there H369 is H369 none H369 of you who cares H2470 about H2470 me or [fn]informs H1540 H241 me that my son H1121 has stirred H6965 up H6965 my servant H5650 against H5921 me to lie H693 in H693 ambush H693, as it is this H2088 day H3117.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg H1673 the Edomite H130, who H1931 was [fn]standing H5324 in front H5921 of the servants H5650 of Saul H7586, responded H6030 and said H559, “I saw H7200 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 coming H935 to Nob H5011, to Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub H285.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - “And he inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 for him, gave H5414 him provisions H6720, and gave H5414 him the sword H2719 of Goliath H1555 the Philistine H6430.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 -

Then the king H4428 sent H7971 a messenger to summon H7121 Ahimelech H288 the priest H3548, the son H1121 of Ahitub H285, and all H3605 his father’s H1 household H1004, the priests H3548 who H834 were in Nob H5011; and all H3605 of them came H935 to the king H4428.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - Saul H7586 said H559, “Listen H8085 now H4994, son H1121 of Ahitub H285.” And he [fn]replied H559, “Here H2009 I am, my lord H113.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - Saul H7586 then said H559 to him, “Why H4100 have you and the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 conspired H7194 against H5921 me, in that you have given H5414 him bread H3899 and a sword H2719, and have inquired H7592 of God H430 for him, so that he would rise H6965 up H6965 against H413 me by lying H693 in H693 ambush H693 as it is this H2088 day H3117?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 -

Then Ahimelech H288 answered H6030 the king H4428 and said H559, “And who H4310 among all H3605 your servants H5650 is as faithful H539 as David H1732, the king’s H4428 own son-in-law H2860, who [fn]is commander over H413 your bodyguard H4928, and is honored H3513 in your house H1004?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I just begin H2490 to inquire H7592 of God H430 for him today H3117? Far H2486 be it from me! Do not let the king H4428 impute H7760 anything H1697 against his servant H5650 or against any H3605 of the household H1004 of my father H1, because H3588 your servant H5650 knows H3045 nothing H3808 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 of this H2088 whole H3605 affair H1697.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - But the king H4428 said H559, “You shall certainly H4191 die H4191, Ahimelech H288, you and all H3605 your father’s H1 household H1004!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king H4428 said H559 to the [fn]guards H7323 who were attending H5324 H5921 him, “Turn H5437 around H5437 and put H4191 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068 to H4191 death H4191, because H3588 their hand H3027 also H1571 is with David H1732 and because H3588 they knew H3045 that he was fleeing H1272 and did not [fn]inform H1540 H241 me.” But the servants H5650 of the king H4428 were unwilling H3808 H14 to reach H7971 out H7971 with their hands H3027 to [fn]attack H6293 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to Doeg H1673, “You, turn H5437 around H5437 and [fn]attack H6293 the priests H3548!” And Doeg H1673 the Edomite H130 turned H5437 around H5437 and [fn]attacked H6293 the priests H3548, and he killed H4191 on that day H3117 eighty-five H8084 men H376 who wore H5375 the linen H906 ephod H646.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - He also struck H5221 Nob H5011 the city H5892 of the priests H3548 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, both H4480 men H376 and women H802, children H5768 and infants H3243; he also struck oxen H7794, donkeys H2543, and sheep H7716 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 -

But one H259 son H1121 of Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub H285, named H8034 Abiathar H54, escaped H4422 and fled H1272 [fn]to H310 David H1732.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:21 - Abiathar H54 informed H5046 David H1732 that Saul H7586 had killed H2026 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Abiathar H54, “I knew H3045 on that day H3117, when H3588 Doeg H1673 the Edomite H130 was there H8033, that he would certainly H5046 tell H5046 Saul H7586. I myself H595 [fn]have turned H5437 against every H3605 person H5315 in your father’s H1 household H1004.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23 - “Stay H3427 with me; do not be H3372 afraid H3372, [fn]even H3588 though H3588 he who H834 is seeking H1245 my life H5315 is seeking H1245 your life H5315. For you are safe H4931 with me.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit had a creditor
Lit bitter of soul
Probable reading of the Heb; MT brought them before
Lit uncovers my ear
Lit uncovers my ear
Or set over
Lit said
As in LXX; MT turns aside to
Lit small or great
Lit runners
Lit uncover my ear
Lit fall upon
Lit fall upon
Lit fell upon
Lit after
LXX am responsible for
Or because he
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