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as David, who is the king’s son in law, and goeth Chapter 23
forth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thy
house? And they told David, saying: Behold the
Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the
15 Did I begin to day to consult the Lord for
barns.
him? far be this from me: let not the king sus-
2 Therefore David consulted the Lord, saying:
pect such a thing against his servant, or any one
Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the
in all my father’s house: for thy servant knew
Lord said to David: Go, and thou shalt smite
nothing of this matter, either little or great.
the Philistines, and shalt save Ceila.
16 And the king said: Dying thou shalt die, 3 And the men that were with David, said to
Achimelech, thou and all thy father’s house. him: Behold we are in fear here in Judea, how
17 And the king said to the messengers that much more if we go to Ceila against the bands
stood about him: Turn, and kill the priests of of the Philistines?
the Lord, for their hand is with David, because 4 Therefore David consulted the Lord again.
they knew that he was fled, and they told it not And he answered and said to him: Arise, and go
to me. And the king’sservants would not put to Ceila: for I will deliver the Philistines into thy
forth their hands against the priests of the Lord. hand.
5 David, therefore, and his men, went to Ceila,
18 And the king said to Doeg: Turn thou, and
and fought against the Philistines, and brought
fall upon the priests. And Doeg, the Edomite,
away their cattle, and made a great slaughter of
turned, and fell upon the priests, and slew in that
them: and David saved the inhabitants of Ceila.
day eighty-five men that wore the linen ephod.
6 Now at that time, when Abiathar, the son
19 And Nobe, the city of the priests, he of Achimelech, fled to David, to Ceila, he came
smote with the edge of the sword, both men and down, having an ephod with him.
women, children and sucklings, and ox, and ass, 7 And it was told Saul that David was come
and sheep, with the edge of the sword. to Ceila: and Saul said: The Lord hath delivered
20 But one of the sons of Achimelech, the son him into my hands, and he is shut up, being come
of Achitob, whose name was Abiathar, escaped, into a city that hath gates and bars.
and fled to David, 8 And Saul commanded all the people to go
down to fight against Ceila, and to besiege David
21 And told him that Saul had slain the
and his men.
priests of the Lord.
9 Now when David understood that Saul se-
22 And David said to Abiathar: I knew that
cretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abi-
day when Doeg, the Edomite, was there, that athar, the priest: Bring hither the ephod.
without doubt he would tell Saul: I have been
10 And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy
the occasion of the death of all the souls of thy
servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth
father’s house.
to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake:
23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that 11 Will the men of Ceila deliver me into his
seeketh my life, seeketh thy life also, and with hands? and will Saul come down, as thy ser-
me thou shalt be saved. vant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell thy