2. People who were oppressed or in debt or dissatisfied went to him, about 400 men in all, and he became their leader.
3. David went on from there to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I find out what God is going to do for me.”
4. So David left his parents with the king of Moab, and they stayed there as long as David was hiding in the cave.
5. Then the prophet Gad came to David and said, “Don't stay here; go at once to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
6. One day Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under a tamarisk tree on a hill, with his spear in his hand, and all his officers were standing round him. He was told that David and his men had been found,
7. and he said to his officers, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Do you think that David will give fields and vineyards to all of you, and make you officers in his army?
8. Is that why you are plotting against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made an alliance with David. No one is concerned about me or tells me that David, one of my own men, is at this moment looking for a chance to kill me, and that my son has encouraged him!”
9. Doeg was standing there with Saul's officers, and he said, “I saw David when he went to Ahimelech son of Ahitub in Nob.
10. Ahimelech asked the Lord what David should do, and then he gave David some food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
11. So King Saul sent for the priest Ahimelech and all his relatives, who were also priests in Nob, and they came to him.
12. Saul said to Ahimelech, “Listen, Ahimelech!”“At your service, sir,” he answered.