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12 Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub!”

And he said, “Here I am, your majesty.”

13 Then Saul[a] asked him, “Why have you conspired against me—you and Jesse’s son—by giving him food and a sword, and by inquiring of God for him, so he can rise up against me to lie in wait, as he’s doing[b] today?”

14 Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your officials[c] is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard, and he’s honored in your household.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:13 Lit. he
  2. 1 Samuel 22:13 The Heb. lacks he is doing
  3. 1 Samuel 22:14 Or servants