And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the Lord's priests. ] Of which perhaps he had not as yet heard; though tidings of such a nature generally fly swiftly; and a sorrowful shocking account he had to give, and which was so to David.
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And Nobe, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and ox, and ass, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
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But one of the sons of Achimelech, the son of Achitob, whose name was Abiathar, escaped, and fled to David,
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And told him that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.
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And David said to Abiathar: I knew that day when Doeg, the Edomite, was there, that without doubt he would tell Saul: I have been the occasion of the death of all the souls of thy father’s house.
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Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life, seeketh thy life also, and with me thou shalt be saved.