1 David [beloved] therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave ‘Adulam [Justice of the People]: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard [it], they went down there to him.

2 And everyone [that was] in distress, and everyone that [was] in debt, and everyone [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

3 And David [beloved] went there to Mitzpah [Watchtower] of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: and he said unto the king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], Let my father and my mother, I pray youi, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] will do for me.

4 And he brought them before the king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: and they dwelt with him all the while that David [beloved] was in the hold.

5 And the prophet Gad [Good Fortune with Troublesome Effort] said unto David [beloved], Abide not in the hold; depart, and get youi into the land of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]. Then David [beloved] departed, and came into the forest of Haret [forest].

6 When Sha’ul [desired] heard that David [beloved] was discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Sha’ul [desired] abode in Giv’ah [Hill] under a tree in Ramah [Hill], having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about him;)

7 Then Sha’ul [desired] said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you2f Binyamini; will the son of Yishai [I possess] give everyone of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

8 That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Yishai [I possess], and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or shows unto me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

9 Then answered Do’eg [fearing] the Edomi [red], which was set over the servants of Sha’ul [desired], and said, I saw the son of Yishai [I possess] coming to Nov [high place], to Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the son of Achituv [my brother is good].

10 And he enquired of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) for him, and gave him victuals (food for humans), and gave him the sword of Golyat [splendor] the P’lishtim [immigrants].

11 Then the king sent to call Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the priest, the son of Achituv [my brother is good], and all his father’s house, the priests that [were] in Nov [high place]: and they came all of them to the king.

12 And Sha’ul [desired] said, Hear now, youi son of Achituv [my brother is good]. And he answered, Here I [am], my lord.

13 And Sha’ul [desired] said unto him, Why have you2f conspired against me, youi and the son of Yishai [I possess], in that youi have given him bread, and a sword, and have enquired of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

14 Then Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] answered the king, and said, And who [is so] faithful among all youri servants as David [beloved], which is the king’s son in law, and goes at youi bidding, and is honourable in youri house?

15 Did I then begin to enquire of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] for him? be it far from me: let not the king impiute (charge to one’s account; reckon) [any] thing unto his servant, [nor] to all the house of my father: for youi servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

16 And the king said, youi shall surely die, Achi-Melekh [my brother is king], youi, and all youri father’s house.

17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); because their hand also [is] with David [beloved], and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

18 And the king said to Do’eg [fearing], Turn youi, and fall upon the priests. And Do’eg [fearing] the Edomi [red] turned, and he fell upon the priests, and killed on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen ephod (vest).

19 And Nov [high place], the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

20 And one of the sons of Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the son of Achituv [my brother is good], named Avyatar [my father is great], escaped, and fled after David [beloved].

21 And Avyatar [my father is great] showed David [beloved] that Sha’ul [desired] had slain the LORD-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] priests.

22 And David [beloved] said unto Avyatar [my father is great], I knew [it] that day, when Do’eg [fearing] the Edomi [red] [was] there, that he would surely tell Sha’ul [desired]: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of youi father’s house.

23 Abide youi with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks youi life: but with me youi [shall be] in safeguard.