1 Samuel 22:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ Is today the first time I inquired of God for him? Absolutely not! The king shouldn’t accuse his servant, or any of my father’s family of anything, because your servant didn’t know anything at all^[a] about this.”

¹⁶ The king said, “Ahimelech, you will surely die, you and all your father’s family!” ¹⁷ The king told the guards, who were standing beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord because they supported David,^[b] and because they knew he was fleeing, but didn’t inform me.”^[c] But the officials of the king did not want to lift their hands^[d] to attack the priests of the Lord.