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 inquired of God for him, 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, the king’s own son-in-law, who ^[a]is commander over your bodyguard, and is honored in your house? ¹⁵ Did I just begin ^(C)to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! ^(D)Do not let the king impute anything against his servant or against any of the household of my father, because your servant knows nothing ^[b]at all of this whole affair.”