17
And the
king said to the
guards who were
attending him,
"Turn around and
put the
priests of the
LORD to
death,
because their
hand also is with
David and
because they
knew that he was
fleeing and did not
reveal * it to me." But the
servants of the
king were not
willing to
put forth their
hands to
attack the
priests of the
LORD.
.WB{s wy'l'[ ~yib'CiN;h ~yic'r'l .$,l,M;h r,ma{Y;w ? diw'D -mi[ ~'d'y -m;g yiK h'wh.y yen]h{K .Wtyim'h.w ? w{n.z'a -t,a .Wl'g a{l.w a.Wh ;xer{b -yiK .W[.d'y yik.w ? ~'d'y -t,a ;x{l.vil .$,l,M;h yed.b;[ .Wb'a -a{l.w ? h'wh.y yen]h{k.B ;[{g.pil
18
Then the
king said to
Doeg, "You
turn around and
attack the
priests." And
Doeg the
Edomite turned around and
attacked the
priests, and he
killed that
day eighty-five men who
wore the
linen ephod.
~yin]h{K;B [;g.p.W h'T;a b{s gyew{d.l .$,l,M;h r,ma{Y;w ? ~yin]h{K;B a.Wh -[;G.piY;w yim{d]a'h gyew{D b{SiY;w ? vyia h'Vim]x;w ~yin{m.v a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B t,m'Y;w ? d'B dw{pea aef{n
19
And he
struck Nob the
city of the
priests with the
edge of the
sword,
both men and
women,
children and
infants; also
oxen,
donkeys, and
sheep he struck with the
edge of the
sword.
b,r,x -yip.l h'Kih ~yin]h{K;h -ryi[ b{n tea.w ? rw{v.w qenw{y -d;[.w lelw{[em h'Via -d;[.w vyiaem ? b,r'x -yip.l h,f'w rw{m]x;w
20
But
one son of
Ahimelech the
son of
Ahitub,
named Abiathar,
escaped and
fled after David.
b.Wjix]a -n,B .$,l,myix]a;l d'x,a -neB jel'MiY;w ? diw'd yer]x;a x;r.biY;w r't'y.b,a w{m.v.W
21
Abiathar told David that
Saul had
killed the
priests of the
LORD.
tea l.Wa'v g;r'h yiK diw'd.l r't'y.b,a deG;Y;w ? h'wh.y yen]h{K
22
Then
David said to
Abiathar, "I
knew on that
day,
when Doeg the
Edomite was
there, that he would
surely tell Saul. I have
brought about the death of
every person in your
father's household.
a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B yiT.[;d'y r't'y.b,a.l diw'D r,ma{Y;w ? dyiG;y deG;h -yiK yim{d]a'h gyew{D ~'v -yiK ? '$yib'a tyeB v,p,n -l'k.B yit{B;s yik{n'a l.Wa'v.l
23
"Stay with me; do not be
afraid, for he
who seeks my
life seeks your
life, for you are
safe with me."
yiv.p;n -t,a veQ;b.y -r,v]a yiK a'ryiT -l;a yiTia h'b.v ? yid'Mi[ h'T;a t,r,m.vim -yiK '$,v.p;n -t,a veQ;b.y