13 Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me (A)by lying in ambush as it is this day?”

14 (B)Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s own son-in-law, who [a]is commander over your bodyguard, and is honored in your house? 15 Did I just begin (C)to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! (D)Do not let the king impute anything against his servant or against any of the household of my father, because your servant knows nothing [b]at all of this whole affair.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:14 As in LXX; MT turns aside to
  2. 1 Samuel 22:15 Lit small or great

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