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14 Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?

15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me. Let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.”

16 And the king said, “Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou and all thy father’s house.”

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