1 Samuel · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
1 Samuel 22 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.
1 David therefore departed from there and escaped to Adullam’s cave. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.
2 And there gathered to him everyone that was in distress, and everyone that was in debt, and everyone that was troubled in mind; and he was a leader over them, and there were with him about four hundred men.
2 Everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them. There were with him about four hundred men.
3 And David departed thence to Mizpah of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother be with thee, until I know what God will do to me.
3 David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out to you, until I know what God will do for me.”
4 And he persuaded the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him continually, while David was in the hold.
4 He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
5 And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Judah. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Hereth.
5 The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
6 And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul dwelt in the hill below the field that is in Ramah, and his spear [was] in his hand, and all his servants stood near him.
6 Saul heard that David was discovered, with the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.
7 And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jesse indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?
7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?
8 that ye are all conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as [it is] this day?
8 Is that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
9 And Doeg the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jesse as he came to Nob to Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest.
9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
10 And [the priest] inquired of God for him, and gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
10 He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
11 And the king sent to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub and all his father’s sons, the priests that were in Nob; and they all came to the king.
11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob; and they all came to the king.
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he said, Lo! I [am here], speak, [my] lord.
12 Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
13 And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jesse conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest inquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as [he is] this day?
13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
14 And he answered the king, and said, And who [is] there among all thy servants faithful as David, and [he is] a son-in-law of the king, and [he is] executor of all thy commands, and [is] honorable in thy house?
14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?
15 Have I begun today to inquire of God for him? by no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against the whole of my father’s house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.
15 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.”
16 And King Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
16 The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
17 And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand [is] with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
17 The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of Yahweh, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put out their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doeg the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.
18 The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
19 And he smote Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both man and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.
19 He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword—both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle, donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
20 And one son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escapes, and his name [was] Abiathar, and he fled after David.
20 One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord.
21 Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh’s priests.
22 And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doeg the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of thy father.
22 David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father’s house.
23 Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place [of safety] for my life, I will also seek a place for thy life, for thou art safely guarded [while] with me.
23 Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. You will be safe with me.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abiathar
The one son of Ahimelech to escape Saul's massacre of the priests at Nob, who fled to David with the ephod and later served as priest alongside Zadok. Solomon later banished him…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 30:7
Ahimelech
The priest at Nob who gave David the consecrated bread and Goliath's sword, and whom Saul had put to death with his father's household at Doeg's hands.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:11
Ahitub
Called the brother of Ichabod and the son of Phinehas, son of Eli, and named as the father of the priest Ahijah; 1 Samuel 22:9 names an Ahitub as father of the priest Ahimelech.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:11
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Doeg
Saul's chief shepherd, an Edomite who saw David at Nob, reported it to Saul, and at Saul's command killed eighty-five priests and put the town of Nob to the sword.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:18
Gad
A prophet who told David to leave the stronghold for Judah, and later brought the LORD's three options after the census and told David to build an altar on Araunah's threshing…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 24:13
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 57:1–11; 1 Chronicles 11:15; Psalm 142:1–7; Psalm 34:1; Joshua 12:15
- 2 Matthew 11:28; Psalm 72:12–14; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:22–24; 1 Samuel 1:10
- 3 1 Samuel 14:47; Genesis 47:11; 1 Samuel 3:18; Ruth 4:10; Exodus 20:12
- 4 Psalm 11:1; 2 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 23:13–14; Isaiah 8:12–14; Nehemiah 6:11
- 5 1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 24:11
- 6 Judges 4:5; Genesis 21:33; 1 Samuel 19:9; 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 20:33
- 7 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Samuel 8:14–15; 1 Samuel 20:27; 1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 8:11–12
- 8 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 23:16–18; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 20:30–34
- 9 Psalm 52:1–9; 1 Samuel 21:1–15; Matthew 26:59–61; Proverbs 19:5; Ezekiel 22:9
- 10 Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 30:8; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 10:22
- 11 Romans 3:15
- 12 Isaiah 65:1; 1 Samuel 22:7; 2 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 22:13
- 13 1 Samuel 22:8; Luke 23:2–5; Psalm 119:69; Amos 7:10
- 14 1 Samuel 19:4–5; 1 Samuel 20:32; 2 Samuel 22:23–25; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:23
- 15 1 Peter 3:16–17; 1 Samuel 25:36; Genesis 20:5–6; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Samuel 15:11
- 16 Proverbs 28:15; Acts 12:19; 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Samuel 14:44
- 17 Exodus 1:17; 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Kings 1:13–14; 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Kings 10:25
- 18 Acts 26:10–11; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Zephaniah 3:3; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:12–14
- 19 1 Samuel 15:3; James 2:13; 1 Samuel 15:9; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 6:17
- 20 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 30:7; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 2:33
- 22 1 Samuel 21:1–9; Psalm 44:22
- 23 John 10:28–30; 1 Kings 2:26; Hebrews 12:1–3; John 18:9; John 15:20
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences