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1 Samuel 22 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - 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;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3 - 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;'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - 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!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - 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.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - 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,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - 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;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - and Saul saith, 'Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;' and he saith, 'Here am I, my lord.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - 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?'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - 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?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - 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.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - And the king saith, 'Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:18 - 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,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name is Abiathar, and he fleeth after David,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:21 - and Abiathar declareth to David that Saul hath slain the priests of Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - 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;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23 - dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge art thou with me.'
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