AbiathartoldDavidthat Saulhad killedthe priestsof the LORD.
Yet I will not cutoffeverymanof yours from My altarso that your eyeswill fail[from weeping] and your soulgrieve,and allthe increaseof your housewill diein the primeof life.
But onesonof Ahimelechthe sonof Ahitub,namedAbiathar,escapedand fledafterDavid.
Then Davidsaidto Abiathar,"I knewon that day,whenDoegthe Edomitewas there,that he would surelytellSaul.I have broughtabout[the death] of everypersonin your father'shousehold.
