1 Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν Δαυὶδ, καὶ διεσώθη, καὶ ἔρχεται εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ Ὀδολλάμ· καὶ ἀκούουσιν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταβαίνουσι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ. 2 Καὶ συνήγοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν πᾶς ἐν ἀνάγκῇ, καὶ πᾶς ὑπόχρεως, καὶ πᾶς κατώδυνος ψυχῇ, καὶ ἦν ἐπʼ αὐτῶν ἡγούμενος, καὶ ἦσαν μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὡς τετρακόσιοι ἄνδρες. 3 Καὶ ἀπῆλθε Δαυὶδ ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Μασσηφὰθ τῆς Μωὰβ, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς βασιλέα Μωὰβ, γινέσθωσαν δὴ ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ ἡ μήτηρ μου παρὰ σοί, ἕως ὅτου γνῶ τί ποιήσει μοι ὁ Θεός. 4 Καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως Μωὰβ, καὶ κατῴκουν μετʼ αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ὄντος τοῦ Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ. 5 Καὶ εἶπε Γὰδ ὁ προφήτης πρὸς Δαυὶδ, μὴ κάθου ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ· πορεύου, καὶ ἥξεις εἰς γῆν Ἰούδα· καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν πόλει Σαρίκ. 6 Καὶ ἤκουσε Σαοὺλ, ὅτι ἔγνωσται Δαυὶδ, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ βουνῷ ὑπὸ τὴν ἄρουραν τὴν ἐν Ῥαμᾷ, καὶ τὸ δόρυ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ. 7 Καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ τοὺς παρεστηκότας αὐτῷ, ἀκούσατε δὴ υἱοὶ Βενιαμὶν, εἰ ἀληθῶς πᾶσιν ὑμῖν δώσει ὁ υἱὸς Ἰεσσαὶ ἀγροὺς καὶ ἀμπελῶνας, καὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς τάξει ἑκατοντάρχους καὶ χιλιάρχους, 8 ὅτι σύγκεισθε πάντες ὑμεῖς ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀποκαλύπτων τὸ ὠτίον μου, ἐν τῷ διαθέσθαι τὸν υἱόν μου διαθήκην μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι πονῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ ἐξ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀποκαλύπτων τὸ ὠτίον μου, ὅτι ἐπήγειρεν ὁ υἱός μου τὸν δοῦλόν μου ἐπʼ ἐμὲ εἰς ἐχθρὸν, ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη; 9 Καὶ ἀποκρίνεται Δωὴκ ὁ Σύρος ὁ καθεστηκὼς ἐπὶ τάς ἡμιόνους Σαοὺλ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἑωρακα τὸν υἱὸν Ἰεσσαὶ παραγινόμενον εἰς Νομβᾶ πρὸς Ἀβιμέλεχ υἱὸν Ἀχιτὼβ τὸν ἱερέα. 10 Καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπισιτισμὸν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν Γολιὰθ τοῦ ἀλλοφύλου ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ. 11 Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καλέσαι τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ υἱὸν Ἀχιτὼβ καὶ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοὺς ἐν Νομβᾶ· καὶ παρεγένοντο πάντες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα. 12 Καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ, ἄκουε δὴ υἱὲ Ἀχιτώβ· καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ, λάλει κύριε. 13 Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Σαοὺλ, ἱνατί συνέθου κατʼ ἐμοῦ σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς Ἰεσσαὶ, δοῦναί σε αὐτῷ ἄρτον καὶ ῥομφαίαν, καὶ ἐρωτᾷν αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, θέσθαι αὐτὸν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ εἰς ἐχθρὸν, ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη; 14 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ εἶπε, καὶ τίς ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς δούλοις σου ὡς Δαυὶδ πιστὸς, καὶ γαμβρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἄρχων παντὸς παραγγέλματός σου, καὶ ἔνδοξος ἐν τῷ οἰκῳ σου; 15 Ἢ σήμερον ἦργμαι ἐρωτᾷν αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ; μηδαμῶς· μὴ δότω ὁ βασιλεὺς κατὰ τοῦ δούλου αὐτοῦ λόγον, καὶ ἐφʼ ὅλον τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου, ὅτι οὐκ ᾔδει ὁ δοῦλός σου ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις ῥῆμα μικρὸν, ἢ μέγα. 16 Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαοὺλ, θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ Ἀβιμέλεχ σὺ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρός σου. 17 Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς παρατρέχουσι τοῖς ἐφεστηκόσι πρὸς αὐτὸν, προσαγάγετε καὶ θανατοῦτε τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοῦ Κυρίου, ὅτι ἡ χεὶρ αὐτῶν μετὰ Δαυὶδ, καὶ ὅτι ἔγνωσαν ὅτι φεύγει αὐτὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψαν τὸ ὠτίον μου· καὶ οὐκ ἐβουλήθησαν οἱ παῖδες τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπενεγκεῖν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἁπαντῆσαι εἰς τοὺς ἱερεῖς Κυρίου. 18 Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Δωὴκ, ἐπιστρέφου σὺ, καὶ ἀπάντα εἰς τοὺς ἱερεῖς· καὶ ἐπεστράφη Δωὴκ ὁ Σύρος, καὶ ἐθανάτωσε τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, τριακοσίους καὶ πέντε ἄνδρας, πάντας αἴροντας ἐφούδ. 19 Καὶ τὴν Νομβᾶ τὴν πόλιν τῶν ἱερέων ἐπάταξεν ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἕως γυναικὸς, ἀπὸ νηπίου ἕως θηλάζοντος, καὶ μόσχου, καὶ ὄνου, καὶ προβάτου. 20 Καὶ διασώζεται υἱὸς εἷς τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ υἱῷ Ἀχιτὼβ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἀβιάθαρ, καὶ ἔφυγεν ὀπίσω Δαυίδ. 21 Καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν Ἀβιάθαρ τῷ Δαυὶδ, ὅτι ἐθανάτωσε Σαοὺλ πάντας τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοῦ Κυρίου. 22 Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ Ἀβιάθαρ, ἤδειν ὅτι ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ὅτι Δωὴκ ὁ Σύρος ὅτι ἀπαγγέλλων ἀπαγγελεῖ τῷ Σαούλ· ἐγώ εἰμι αἴτιος τῶν ψυχῶν οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου. 23 Κάθου μετʼ ἐμοῦ· μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι οὗ ἐὰν ζητῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου τόπον, ζητήσω καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ σου, ὅτι πεφύλαξαι σὺ παρʼ ἐμοί.
1 Samuel · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
1 Samuel 22 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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
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