¹³ Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have asked of God on his behalf, so that he would rise up against me ^(A)by lying in ambush as it is this day?”

^14 (B)Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king’s son-in-law, who ^[a]is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? ¹⁵ Did I just begin ^(C)to ask of God on his behalf today? Far be it from me! ^(D)Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing small or great of this whole affair.”