Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
YY render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for YY delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against YY 's anointed.
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Yishai, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of Elohim for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
And David said unto Ahimelech the kohen, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Plishtim two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Mikhal his daughter to wife.
And the men of Yisrael said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Yisrael is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Yisrael.
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for YY will certainly make my YY a sure house; because my YY fighteth the battles of YY , and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.