1 Samuel 22:16-18

21st Century King James Version

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

¹⁷ And the king said unto the footmen who stood about him, “Turn and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not show it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

¹⁸ And the king said to Doeg, “Turn thou and fall upon the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons who wore a linen ephod.