ands to kill the priests of Jehovah.
Then Saul said to Doeg, "Turn and kill the priests." So Doeg, the
Edomite, turned and killed them. On that day he killed eighty-five men
who wore the priestly robes.

But Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.
When Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of Jehovah,
David said to him, "I knew that day, because Doeg the Edomite was there,
that he would surely tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the death of
all your family. Stay with me, have no fear, for whoever seeks your life
must first take mine, for you are placed in my charge."

A SOLDIER WHO SPARED HIS ENEMY

Now when David was told, "The Philistines are fighting against Keilah
and are robbing the threshing-floors," he inquired of Jehovah, "Shall I
go and attack these Philistines?" Jehovah said to David, "Go, attack
the Philistines and save Keilah." But David's men said to him, "See, we
are afraid here in Judah; how much more will we be if we go to Keilah
against the armies of the Philistines?" When David again inquired of
Jehovah, Jehovah answered him, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will
give the Philistines into your hand." So David and his men went to
Keilah and fought with the Philistines and drove away their cattle and
killed a great many of them. In this way David delivered the people of
Keilah.

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to David in Keilah, he
came down with the priestly robe used in consulting Jehovah in his hand.
And when Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God
has given him into my power, for by entering a town that has doors and
bars he has let himself be trapped."

So Saul called all the people to arms to go down to Keilah to besiege
David and his men. But when David knew that Saul was plotting evil
against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring here the priestly
robe." Then David said, "O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant has
surely heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah, to destroy the
town because of me. Will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? O
Jehovah, God of Israel, tell thy servant." Jehovah said, "He will come
down." Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah turn me and my men over
to Saul?" Jehovah said, "They will." Then David and his men, who were
about six hundred, left Keilah, and wandered from one place to another.
When it was reported to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, h