With the help of (A)Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.

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17 and (A)Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and (B)Seraiah was secretary,

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31 These also, the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike, (A)cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, (B)Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites.

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And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and (A)Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father's house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.

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39 And he left (A)Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord (B)in the high place that was at Gibeon

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11 Then David summoned the priests (A)Zadok and (B)Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

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27 The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him 3,700. 28 (A)Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers' house.

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50 (A)These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

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(A)(B)Eleazar fathered (C)Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered (D)Meraioth, Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, (E)Ahitub fathered (F)Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,

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35 (A)The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put (B)Zadok the priest (C)in the place of Abiathar.

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25 and Sheva was secretary; and (A)Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Then answered (A)Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse (B)coming to Nob, to (C)Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, 10 (D)and he inquired of the Lord for him and (E)gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

11 Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king. 12 And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub.” And he answered, “Here I am, my lord.” 13 And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and (F)have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, (G)to lie in wait, as at this day?” 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over[a] your bodyguard, and honored in your house? 15 Is today the first time (H)that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, (I)much or little.” 16 And the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house.” 17 And the king said to (J)the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, (K)and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; (L)both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named (M)Abiathar, escaped and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22 And David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, (N)when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father's house. 23 (O)Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you shall be in safekeeping.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:14 Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew and has turned aside to

David and the Holy Bread

21 [a] Then David came to (A)Nob, to (B)Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech (C)came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:1 Ch 21:2 in Hebrew

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