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    1 Samuel · 23 verses

    1 Samuel 22

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    A king’s own guards refuse to kill the priests, and so the order passes to Doeg, who does not require persuading. The chapter then moves from David’s unlikely four hundred to the one survivor who reaches him.

    David gathers the troubled, then moves onvv. 1–5

    David leaves Gath for the cave of Adullam, where his family joins him and four hundred distressed, indebted, or discontented people gather under his leadership. He places his father and mother with the king of Moab while he remains in the stronghold, until Gad tells him to leave it and go into Judah. David obeys and settles in the forest of Hereth; even the stronghold, briefly, is not allowed to become a permanent address.

    Saul’s order finds its willing manvv. 6–23

    Saul sits beneath the tamarisk at Gibeah, spear in hand, while his servants stand around him and listen to his grievance that nobody cares for him. Doeg supplies the missing accusation: David had gone to Ahimelech at Nob, received provisions, and been given Goliath’s sword. Ahimelech answers that David was honoured and faithful, and insists that he knew nothing of any plot. Saul orders the priests killed; his own servants will not lift a hand, but Doeg does, killing eighty-five priests and putting Nob to the sword. Abiathar escapes and tells David, who accepts responsibility for the destruction and keeps him beside him.

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    1. 1 Sam 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

    2. 1 Sam 22:2And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

    3. 1 Sam 22:3From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”

    4. 1 Sam 22:4So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.

    5. 1 Sam 22:5Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

    6. 1 Sam 22:6Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

    7. 1 Sam 22:7Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

    8. 1 Sam 22:8Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”

    9. 1 Sam 22:9But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

    10. 1 Sam 22:10Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

    11. 1 Sam 22:11Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.

    12. 1 Sam 22:12“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

    13. 1 Sam 22:13And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”

    14. 1 Sam 22:14Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?

    15. 1 Sam 22:15Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”

    16. 1 Sam 22:16But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

    17. 1 Sam 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

    18. 1 Sam 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

    19. 1 Sam 22:19He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

    20. 1 Sam 22:20But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

    21. 1 Sam 22:21And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

    22. 1 Sam 22:22Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.

    23. 1 Sam 22:23Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 23John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
    • 2Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
    • 201 Samuel 23:6(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
    • 231 Kings 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
    • 2Psalms 72:12–14For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
    • 23Hebrews 12:1–3Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
    • 1Psalms 57:1–11For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
    • 21 Samuel 25:13And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
    • 21 Samuel 30:22–24but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
    • 10Numbers 27:21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”
    • 131 Samuel 22:8Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
    • 17Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
    • 191 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
    • 201 Samuel 30:7Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
    • 23John 18:9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
    • 11 Chronicles 11:15Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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