King Saul, and Ahimelech the priest, and
Doeg the Edomite, and the city of Nob,
and Abiathar the priest, and David
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, smote 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. And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests. And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.-1 Samuel 22:16-23***Moses was 120 years old when he went upon Mount Nebo, and the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died, and was divinely buried. Joshua was Moses' aide and successor from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel, their firstborn son Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own sons. After the Lord God spoke to him, Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. After 110-year-old Joshua died, and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, the Israelites were led by elders, judges and their own minds. Samuel the priest, prophet and judge was from the tribe of Levi, Moses' birth tribe, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Samuel was elderly, and his sons Joel (Vashni) and Abiah (Abijah) were not obeying the commands of the Lord God, and King Nahash and his Ammonite army were preparing to attack, the Israelite elders demanded that Samuel appoint a king to lead them, and Samuel anointed Saul, from the tribe of Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin, to reign, according to the command of the Lord God. At least twice, Saul did not obey the commands of the Lord God. While Saul reigned, the Lord God sent Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint David, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, to reign as king. When Saul heard about David's skills, strength, appearance, and favor with the Lord God, Saul demanded that David's father Jesse send David to him, and David began serving as a musician and an armor-bearer for Saul. Amid the Valley of Elah, David killed and beheaded Goliath the gigantic Philistine. David and Jonathan, Saul's son, made a covenant. The Israelite women sang of David higher than they sang of Saul, and Saul was angry. Saul wanted to kill David, and became afraid of David, and sent David on missions to get killed, and commanded others, including, Jonathan, to kill David. Saul's daughter Michal was married to David and helped David escape from their home. David went to Samuel, in Ramah, and Saul was informed. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Spirit of God came upon the messengers Saul sent to capture David, and Saul's messengers prophesied, and the next 2 groups of messengers Saul sent prophesied, and the Spirit of God came upon Saul when Saul arrived, and Saul prophesied and fell down in front of Samuel. Meanwhile, David went to Jonathan, and David and Jonathan made a plan, and Jonathan made a broader covenant. When Saul questioned Jonathan about David's absence at a feast, and Jonathan responded, Saul hurled a spear at Jonathan, and Jonathan went to David, and David went to Ahimelech the priest, in Nob. During David's years on the run, David was married to Abigail and Ahinoam, and Michal was married to Phalti (Palti/Phaltiel/Paltiel). After the Philistines killed Jonathan and his brothers Malchishua and Abinadab (Ishui?), and Saul's self-inflicted death on the same battlefield, men from the tribe of Judah anointed 30-year-old David, and David began to reign only over the tribe of Judah. Saul's son Ishbosheth (Eshbaal) ruler over the other Israelite tribes. Sometime after Ishbosheth was murdered, the Israelite elders went to David, and David made a covenant with them. The elders anointed 37-year-old David, and David began to rule over all of the Israelites. Amnon was born to David and Ahinoam, Absalom was born to David and Maacah, Adonijah was born to David and Haggith, and Solomon was born to David and Bathsheba. Absalom had himself proclaimed king while David reigned. Abiathar remained loyal to David, and David's command regarding Absalom was ignored, and Absalom was killed. When David was elderly, Adonijah tried to have himself proclaimed king, and Abiathar supported Adonijah. David commanded and sent Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet to anoint Solomon to reign as king, according to the will of the Lord God. After 70-year-old David died, Adonijah went to Bathsheba and made a specific request, and Bathsheba went to Solomon, and Adonijah was killed. Solomon removed Abiathar from being the priest to the Lord God, and set Zadok in Abiathar's place. Notably, Abiathar was descended from Moses' older brother Aaron the high priest and Aaron's son Ithamar, and Zadok was descended from Aaron's son and successor Eleazar. Over 900 years after Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, became the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, and testified that Jesus is the Son of God. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. When Jesus responded to a group of Pharisees, Jesus spoke about David, Abiathar, and the incident in Nob.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 9:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra 1:1-11, Matthew Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
Reference Information
fall = lipgoa = paga = strike
fell = wayyipga = paga = struck
occasioned = sabboti = cabab = caused, turned, brought about
Reference Scriptures
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.-Exodus 28:1-2...And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a bordered coat, a mitre, an a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.-Exodus 28:4
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.-1 Samuel 23:6...And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.-1 Samuel 23:9
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.-1 Samuel 30:7
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