A   Dauid therfore departed thence, and escaped, and came vnto the caue Odollam. When his brethren also &abar;d all his fathers house heard it, they went downe thither to hym. And there geathered vnto him all men that were in combraunce, and in dett, and troubled in their mindes, ∧ he became a captayne ouer them

And there were with hym vpon a foure hundred men. And Dauid went thence to Mizpa in the lande of Moab, and sayde vnto the kyng of Moab: Let my father ∧ my mother (I praye the) come &lhand; forth vnto you, tyll I knowe what God will do for me. And he brought them before the k&ibar;g of Moab. And they dwelt &wt; h&ibar; all the while that Dauid kepte him selfe &ibar; hold. And the prophet Gad sayde vnto Dauid: abide not in holde, but departe and go into the l&abar;d of Iuda. Then Dauid departed and came &ibar;to the forest Hareth. And Saul heard þt; Dauid was come abrode, and also the m&ebar; that were wyth hym. And Saul satt in Gibea vnder a tree in Rama, hauyng hys speare in his hand, ∧ all his men stode about hym And Saul sayde vnto his seruauntes that stode about h&ibar;. B   Heare I praye you &rhand; you sonnes of Iemini: will the s&obar;ne of Isai geue euery one of you feldes and vineardes, ∧ make you all captaynes ouer thous&abar;des ∧ ouer hundredes? that ye haue also c&obar;spired agaynst me, and there is none that telleth it me in myne eare. ^noteAnd where as my sonne hath made a bonde &wt; the sonne of Isai, ther is none of you that mourneth for me, or sheweth it in myne eare: beholde, my s&obar;ne hath stered vp my serua&ubar;t to lye awayte agaynst me thys same daye.

Then answered Doeg the Edomite which also stode by the seruauntes of Saul, and sayde: I saw the sonne of Isai, wh&ebar; he cam to Nob, to Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitob, which asked councell of the Lorde for hym ∧ gaue hym vitayles, ∧ the swerde of Goliath the Philistine also. Then the Kynge sent ∧ called for Ahimelech þe; preast þe; sonne of Ahitob, ∧ all his fathers house: that is to saye, the preastes that were in Nob. And they cam all to the kyng. C   And Saul sayde: heare now þu; sonne of Ahitob. He answered: here I am, my Lorde. And Saul sayde vnto hym: why haue ye conspired agaynst me, þu; ∧ the sonne of Isai, in þt; thou hast geuen him vitaile, ∧ a swerde, and hast asked councell of God for h&ibar;, that he shuld aryse agaynst me, ∧ lye awayte for me this daye? Ahimelech answered the king ∧ sayd who is so faithfull am&obar;g all thy serua&ubar;tes as Dauid, ∧ therto the kinges s&obar;ne in law, ∧ goeth at thy bydding, ∧ is had in honoure in thyne house? haue I this daye beg&obar;ne first to aske co&ubar;cell of God for h&ibar;. That be farre fr&obar; me: yf I had knowen it, lett not þe; kyng put soch a thyng vnto his serua&ubar;t, in all þe; house of my father. For thy seruaunt knew noth&ibar;g of all this, ether lesse or moare. D   The king sayde: thou shalt surelye dye Ahimelech, thou and all thy fathers house And the king sayde vnto the fote men that stode about him: turne, ∧ sley the preastes of the Lord, both because their h&abar;d is with Dauid, ∧ because they knewe when Dauid fleed, ∧ shewed it not to me. But þe; serua&ubar;tes

Dauid of the kyng wolde not moue their handes, to fall vpon the preastes of the Lorde. And the kyng sayde to Doeg: turne thou, and fall vpon the preastes. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ranne vpon the preastes, and slue that same daye foure skore ∧ fyue persones, þt; dyd weare a lynn&ebar; Ephod. And Nob the cytie of the preastes smote he wyth the edge of the swerde, both men ∧ wemen, children and sucklynges, oxen and asses and shepe.

And one of the sonnes of Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitob (named Abiathar) escaped ∧ fled to Dauid. And Abiathar shewed Dauid, how that Saul had slayne the lordes preastes. And Dauid sayde vnto Abiathar: I wilt it the same daye, whan Doeg the Edomite was there, that he wolde tell Saul. And I am cause of the deeth of all þe; soules of thy fathers house. Abide thou &wt; me, and feare not: For yf anye m&abar; seke my soule, he shall seke thyne also, &wt; me thou shalt be in sauegard.

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