But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied, “I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.
This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain – at the hill of Jerusalem.
Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.
Now Ahijah was carrying an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.