1 Samuel 22 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Dawiḏ

² And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone bitter in being gathered to him. So he became head over them, and there were about four hundred men with him.

³ And Dawiḏ

⁴ And he left them with the sovereign of Mo’aḇ

⁵ And the prophet Gaḏ

⁶ And Sha’ul heard that Dawiḏ

⁷ And Sha’ul said to his servants who were standing around him, “Hear now, you Binyamites! Does the son of Yishai give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

⁸ “For all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that my son has made a covenant with the son of Yishai. And there is not one of you who is grieved for me or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.”

⁹ And Do’ĕ

¹⁰ “And he inquired of יהוה  for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Golyath the Philistine.”

¹¹ And the sovereign sent someone to call Aḥ

¹² and Sha’ul said, “Hear now, son of Aḥ

¹³ And Sha’ul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Yishai, by giving him bread and a sword, and have inquired of Elohim for him, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?”

¹⁴ And Aḥ

¹⁵ “Have I today begun to inquire of Elohim for him? Far be it from me! Let not the sovereign lay a case against his servant, or against any in the house of my father. For your servant knew not of all this, little or much.”

¹⁶ And the sovereign said, “You shall certainly die, Aḥ

¹⁷ The sovereign then said to the guards who stood about him, “Turn and put the priests of יהוה  to death, because their hand also is with Dawiḏ

¹⁸ And the sovereign said to Do’ĕ

¹⁹ And he smote Noḇ

²⁰ And one of the sons of Aḥ

²¹ And Eḇ

²² And Dawiḏ

²³ “Remain with me, do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you are safe.”