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Ahimelech answered the king: "And who among all your servants is as loyal as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your own house? (1 Samuel 22, 14)
The king then commanded his henchmen standing by: "Make the rounds and kill the priests of the LORD, for they assisted David. They knew he was a fugitive and yet failed to inform me." But the king's servants refused to lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD. (1 Samuel 22, 17)
One son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David. (1 Samuel 22, 20)
When Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the LORD, (1 Samuel 22, 21)
David said to him: "I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all your family. (1 Samuel 22, 22)
David received information that the Philistines were attacking Keilah and plundering the threshing floors. (1 Samuel 23, 1)
But David's men said to him: "We are afraid here in Judah. How much more so if we go to Keilah against the forces of the Philistines!" (1 Samuel 23, 3)
Again David consulted the LORD, who answered, "Go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your power." (1 Samuel 23, 4)
David then went with his men to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. He drove off their cattle and inflicted a severe defeat on them, and thus rescued the inhabitants of Keilah. (1 Samuel 23, 5)
Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, who had fled to David, went down with David to Keilah, taking the ephod with him. (1 Samuel 23, 6)
When Saul was told that David had entered Keilah, he said: "God has put him in my grip. Now he has shut himself in, for he has entered a city with gates and bars." (1 Samuel 23, 7)
Saul then called all the people to war, in order to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. (1 Samuel 23, 8)
