Doeg Tells King Saul Where David is Hiding |
1 Samuel 22:1-23 The Book of 1 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks] |
Therefore, David departed from [there] & escaped to the cave Adullam & when his brethren & his father’s [family] heard it, they went down [there] to him. Everyone [who] was in distress, in debt, [or] discontented, gathered [with David.] |
He became a captain over them & there were about 400 men with him. And David [then] went to Mizpeh of Moab & he said to the king of Moab, I pray [that] you let my mother & father [please stay here] & be with you [until] I know what God will do for me. And [David] brought them [in front of] the [Moab’s] king. |
They [stayed] with the [king of Moab] while David was [hiding in the stronghold.] The prophet, Gad, said to David, [Don’t stay] in the [stronghold, but] depart & [go] to the land of Judah. Then, David departed & came to the forest of Hareth. |
When Saul heard David & [his] men [were found,] (Saul [currently stayed] in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, [with] his spear in hand & all his servants standing [around] him.) |
Then, Saul said to [those] servants, Hear now, you Benjamites; will [David,] the son of Jesse give [each] of you fields & vineyards & make you all captains of 1,000’s & captains of 100’s? |
All of you have conspired against me & none [of you showed] me that my son had made a [pact] with the son of Jesse. There [are] none of you [who are] sorry for me, or [show] me that my son has stirred up my servant, [David,] against me, to lie in wait, [like] this day. |
Then Doeg, the Edomite, [who was put] over [Saul’s] servants, answered & said, I saw [David] coming to [the priest,] Ahimelech, [Ahitub’s] son, [in] Nob. He [consulted] the Lord for [David] & gave him [food] & the sword of Goliath, the Philistine. |
Then, king [Saul] sent [for] Ahimelech, the priest & all his father’s [family,] the priests that were in Nob & they all came to the king. And Saul said, [Listen] now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. |
Saul [asked Ahimelech,] Why have you conspired against me by giving [David] bread, a sword & [by consulting] God for him, [so] that he should rise against me & lie in wait, [like it is] this day? |
Then, Ahimelech answered the king & said, Who is so faithful [of] all your servants as David, [who] is the king’s son-in-law & goes at your bidding & is honorable in your house? |
[Was this the beginning of my consulting] God for him? Far be it from me. [Don’t] let the king [accuse me,] his servant, nor all my father’s [family:] for we [didn’t know anything about] all this, [even a little bit] or more. |
And King [Saul] said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech & all your father’s [family.] [Saul] told the [guards, who] stood [around] him, Turn & [kill] the priests of the Lord, because they [are] also with David & knew when he fled & didn’t show it to me. |
But the [king’s guards] wouldn’t put their hands out to [kill] the priests of the Lord. King [Saul] said to Doeg, Turn & fall upon the priests & [he did] & 85 [people] died [who] wear a linen ephod. |
[1 Samuel 2:28 And [didn’t] I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon [My] altar, to burn incense & to wear an ephod before Me? And [didn’t] I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children [people] of Israel?] |
He [attacked] Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men, women, children, [nursing babies,] oxen, [donkeys] & sheep with the edge of the sword. |
One of the sons of Ahimelech, [Ahitub’s] son, named Abiathar, escaped & fled after David. Abiathar [told] David that Saul had [killed] the Lord’s priests. And David said to Abiathar, I knew that day, when Doeg, the Edomite, was there. That he would surely tell Saul. |
I [am responsible for] the death of all the [people] of your father’s [family.] [Stay] with me & [don’t be afraid]: for [Saul, who] seeks my life [also] seeks your life, but with me, you will be [safe.] |