1 Samuel 22:9–19

⁹Then ^aDoeg the Edomite, who was ¹standing by the servants of Saul, said, “^bI saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to ^cAhimelech the son of Ahitub.

¹⁰“^aAnd he asked of Yahweh for him, ^bgave him provisions, and ^cgave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

¹¹Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

¹²And Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.” And he ¹answered, “Here I am, my lord.”

¹³Saul 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 ^aby lying in ambush as it is this day?”

^14aThen 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 ¹is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?

¹⁵“Did I just begin ^ato ask of God on his behalf today? Far be it from me! ^bDo 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.”

¹⁶But the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s household!”

¹⁷And ^athe king said to the ¹guards who were standing by him, “Turn around and put the priests of Yahweh to death because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it in my ears.” But the ^bservants of the king were not willing to send forth their hands to fall upon the priests of Yahweh.

¹⁸Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and ¹attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and ²attacked the priests, and ^ahe put to death that day eighty-five men ^bwho wore the linen ephod.

¹⁹So ^ahe struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.