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Then ⁽ⁱ⁾Doeg the Edomite, who was ^[e]standing by the servants of Saul, said, "^(j)I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to ^(k)Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

^(l)He inquired of the Lord for him, ^(m)gave him provisions, and ⁽ⁿ⁾gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

Then 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.

Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he ^[f]answered, "Here I am, my lord."

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 ^(o)by lying in ambush as it is this day?"

^(p)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 ^[g]is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?

Did I just begin ^(q)to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! ^(r)Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing ^[h]at all of this whole affair."

But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!"

And ^(s)the king said to the ^[i]guards who were attending him, "Turn around and put the priests of the Lord to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not ^[j]reveal it to me." But the ^(t)servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to ^[k]attack the priests of the Lord .

Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and ^[l]attack the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and ^[m]attacked the priests, and ^(u)he killed that day eighty-five men ^(v)who wore the linen ephod.

And ^(w)he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.