1 Samuel 22:7-19

1 Samuel 22:7-19

[7] Then Saul  said  unto his servants  that stood  about him, Hear now,  will the son  of Jesse  give  every one of you fields  and vineyards,  and make  you all captains  of thousands,  and captains  of hundreds;  [8] That all of you have conspired  against me, and there is none that sheweth  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 sheweth  unto me that my son  hath stirred up  my servant  against me, to lie in wait,  as at this day?  [9] 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.  [10] And he enquired  of the LORD  for him, and gave  him victuals,  and gave  him the sword  of Goliath  the Philistine.  [11] 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.  [12] And Saul  said,  Hear  now, thou son  of Ahitub.  And he answered,  Here I am, my lord.  [13] 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 enquired  of God  for him, that he should rise  against me, to lie in wait,  as at this day?  [14] 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 honourable  in thine house?  [15] Did I then  begin  to enquire  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.  [16] And the king  said,  Thou shalt surely  Ahimelech,  thou, and all thy father's  house.  [17] 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 shew  it to me. But the servants  of the king  would  not put forth  their hand  to fall  upon the priests  of the LORD.  [18] 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.  [19] 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.