When Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord,
One son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David.
David said to him: “I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. I am responsible for the slaughter of all your family.
I will leave you one man at my altar to wear out his eyes and waste his strength, but the rest of your family shall die by the sword.