1 Samuel 22:15-17

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁵ Have I just begun to inquire of God for him today? Certainly not! The king should not charge anything against his servant or against all the house of my father, for your servant knows nothing at all about this matter, in whole or in part.”

¹⁶ The king said, “You shall certainly die, Ahimelek, you and all your father’s house.” ¹⁷ Then the king said to the bodyguards^[a] who were standing around him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand too is with David. They knew that he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.”

But the attendants of the king would not raise a hand against the priests of the Lord.