1 Samuel 22:15-17

New International Version - UK

¹⁵ Was that day the first time I enquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father’s family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.’

¹⁶ But the king said, ‘You shall surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.’

¹⁷ Then the king ordered the guards at his side: ‘Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.’

But the king’s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.