1 Samuel 22

1 and to go: went David from there and to escape to(wards) cave Adullam and to hear: hear brother: male-sibling his and all house: household father his and to go down to(wards) him there [to]

David [and his men] left Gath and went [east] to hide in a cave on a hill at Adullam [city]. Soon his [older] brothers and all his other relatives came and stayed with him there.

2 and to gather to(wards) him all man distress and all man which to/for him to exact and all man bitter soul and to be upon them to/for ruler and to be with him like/as four hundred man

Then other men came there. Some were men who had caused trouble, some were men who owed money, and some were men who were not content [IDM] [with the government]. They continued to come until there were 400 men there, and David was their leader.

3 and to go: went David from there Mizpeh Moab and to say to(wards) king Moab to come out: come please father my and mother my with you till which to know what? to make: do to/for me God

Later they left there and went [east] to Mizpah [city] in the Moab region. There David requested the king of Moab, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”

4 and to lead them with face: before king Moab and to dwell with him all day to be David in/on/with fortress

[The king gave him permission, ] so David’s parents stayed with the king of Moab all the time that David and the men who were with him were hiding [in that area].

5 and to say Gad [the] prophet to(wards) David not to dwell in/on/with fortress to go: went and to come (in): come to/for you land: country/planet Judah and to go: went David and to come (in): come wood Hereth

One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave (your fortress/this area) and return to Judah.” So David and his men went to Hereth forest [in Judah].

6 and to hear: hear Saul for to know David and human which with him and Saul to dwell in/on/with Gibeah underneath: under [the] tamarisk in/on/with high place and spear his in/on/with hand: power his and all servant/slave his to stand upon him

One day, someone told Saul that David and his men had arrived in Judah. On that day, Saul was sitting underneath the tamarisk tree on a hill at Gibeah [town]. He was holding his spear, and was surrounded by his army officers.

7 and to say Saul to/for servant/slave his [the] to stand upon him to hear: hear please Benjaminite Benjaminite also to/for all your to give: give son: child Jesse land: country and vineyard to/for all your to set: make ruler thousand and ruler hundred

He shouted to them, “You men of the tribe of Benjamin, listen to me! Do you think that the son of Jesse will give all of you fields and vineyards [if he becomes your king]? Will he appoint all of you to become generals and captains [in his army] [RHQ]?

8 for to conspire all your upon me and nothing to reveal: reveal [obj] ear: to ears my in/on/with to cut: make(covenant) son: child my with son: child Jesse and nothing be weak: grieved from you upon me and to reveal: reveal [obj] ear: to ears my for to arise: attack son: child my [obj] servant/slave my upon me to/for to ambush like/as day: today [the] this

Is that why you have all conspired against me [RHQ]? None of you told me when my son [Jonathan] made a solemn agreement with that son of Jesse. None of you feels sorry for me. That son of Jesse was my servant, but now my son is encouraging him to hide in order to (ambush me/attack me suddenly), as he is doing today!”

9 and to answer Doeg [the] Edomite and he/she/it to stand upon servant/slave Saul and to say to see: see [obj] son: child Jesse to come (in): come Nob [to] to(wards) Ahimelech son: child Ahitub

Doeg, a man from the Edom people-group, was standing there with Saul’s officers. He said to Saul, “When I was at Nob, I saw that son of Jesse talking to Ahimelech, the priest.

10 and to ask to/for him in/on/with LORD and provision to give: give to/for him and [obj] sword Goliath [the] Philistine to give: give to/for him

Ahimelech asked Yahweh what David should do. Then Ahimelech gave to David some food and the sword of Goliath, [the giant] from the Philistia people-group.”

11 and to send: depart [the] king to/for to call: call to [obj] Ahimelech son: child Ahitub [the] priest and [obj] all house: household father his [the] priest which in/on/with Nob and to come (in): come all their to(wards) [the] king

Then Saul summoned Ahimelech and all Ahimelech’s relatives who were priests at Nob. So they all came to the king.

12 and to say Saul to hear: hear please son: child Ahitub and to say look! I lord my

Saul said to Ahimelech, “You son of Ahitub, listen to me!” Ahimelech answered, “Yes, sir!”

13 and to say (to(wards) him *Q(k)*) Saul to/for what? to conspire upon me you(m. s.) and son: child Jesse in/on/with to give: give you to/for him food: bread and sword and to ask to/for him in/on/with God to/for to arise: attack to(wards) me to/for to ambush like/as day: today [the] this

Saul said, “Why are you and Jesse’s son conspiring to get rid of me? You gave him some bread and a sword. You requested God to tell David what he should do. David has rebelled against me, and right now he is [hiding somewhere], waiting [to attack me].”

14 and to answer Ahimelech [obj] [the] king and to say and who? in/on/with all servant/slave your like/as David be faithful and son-in-law [the] king and to turn aside: turn aside to(wards) guard your and to honor: honour in/on/with house: household your

Ahimelech replied, “[I do not understand why you are saying that, because] David, your son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguards, is very loyal to you. No one is more loyal to you than David! Everyone in your household respects him very much.

15 [the] day to profane/begin: begin (to/for to ask *Q(k)*) to/for him in/on/with God forbid to/for me not to set: put [the] king in/on/with servant/slave his word: thing in/on/with all house: household father my for not to know servant/slave your in/on/with all this word: thing small or great: large

Furthermore, this was certainly not [RHQ] the first time that I requested God to say what he wanted David to do. And it is not right for you to accuse me or any of my relatives [of trying to get rid of you], because I do not know anything about [anyone wanting to do that].”

16 and to say [the] king to die to die Ahimelech you(m. s.) and all house: household father your

The king then shouted, “Ahimelech, you and your all your relatives are going to be executed right now!”

17 and to say [the] king to/for to run: guard [the] to stand upon him to turn: turn and to die priest LORD for also hand their with David and for to know for to flee he/she/it and not to reveal: reveal [obj] (ear: to ears my *Q(K)*) and not be willing servant/slave [the] king to/for to send: reach [obj] hand their to/for to fall on in/on/with priest LORD

Then he commanded his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of Yahweh, because they are allies of David, and they are conspiring with David against me! They knew that David was trying to run away from me, but they did not tell me!” But Saul’s bodyguards refused to kill Yahweh’s priests.

18 and to say [the] king (to/for Doeg *Q(k)*) to turn: turn you(m. s.) and to fall on in/on/with priest and to turn: turn (Doeg *Q(k)*) [the] Edomite and to fall on he/she/it in/on/with priest and to die in/on/with day [the] he/she/it eighty and five man to lift: bear ephod linen

Then the king said to Doeg, “You kill them!” So Doeg, the man from the Edom people-group, went out and struck them with his sword. On that day he killed eighty-five men who were wearing the sacred vests [because they were God’s priests].

19 and [obj] Nob city [the] priest to smite to/for lip: edge sword from man and till woman from infant and till to suckle and cattle and donkey and sheep to/for lip: edge sword

He also went and killed many people in Nob, the city where the priests lived. He killed men, women, children, babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep there.

20 and to escape son: child one to/for Ahimelech son: child Ahitub and name his Abiathar and to flee after David

But Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, escaped. He ran away and joined David [and the men who were with him].

21 and to tell Abiathar to/for David for to kill Saul [obj] priest LORD

He told David that Saul had commanded [Doeg] to kill Yahweh’s priests.

22 and to say David to/for Abiathar to know in/on/with day [the] he/she/it for there (Doeg *Q(k)*) [the] Edomite for to tell to tell to/for Saul I to turn: turn in/on/with all soul: person house: household father your

Then David said to him, “That man from the Edom people-group, Doeg, was there at Nob on the day [that I was there]. I knew that he would surely tell Saul [what happened]. So it is my fault that your father and all of his family have been killed.

23 to dwell [emph?] with me not to fear for which to seek [obj] soul: life my to seek [obj] soul: life your for charge you(m. s.) with me me

You stay with me, and do not be afraid. The man who wants to kill you wants to kill me also, but you will be safe if you stay with me.”