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Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the
daily bible reading experience.

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Day 100 and 93

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david went to the town of Nob
to see Ahimelech the priest.

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Ahimelech trembled when he saw him.

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Why are you alone?

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he asked.

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Why is no one with you?

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The king has sent me on a
private matter, David said.

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He told me not to tell
anyone why I am here.

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I have told my men where to meet me later.

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Now, what is there to eat?

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Give me five loaves of bread
or anything else you have.

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We don't have any regular bread,
the priest replied, but there

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is the holy bread, which you can
have if your young men have not

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slept with any women recently.

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Don't worry, David replied, I
never allow my men to be with

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women when we are on a campaign.

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And since they stay clean even on
ordinary trips, how much more on this one?

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Since there was no other food available,
the priest gave him the holy bread, the

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bread of the presence that was placed
before the Lord in the tabernacle.

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It had just been replaced
that day with fresh bread.

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Now Doeg the Edomite, Saul's chief
herdsman, was there that day, having

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been detained before the Lord.

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David asked Ahimelech, Do
you have a spear or sword?

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The king's business was so urgent that I
didn't even have time to grab a weapon.

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I only have the sword of
Goliath, the Philistine, whom

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you killed in the valley of Elah.

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The priest replied, It is wrapped
in a cloth behind the ephod.

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Take that if you want it, for
there is nothing else here.

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There is nothing like it, David replied.

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Give it to me.

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So David escaped from Saul and
went to King Achish of Gath.

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But the officers of Akish were
unhappy about his being there.

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Isn't this David, the king of the land?

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They asked.

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Isn't he the one that people honor with
dances, singing, Saul has killed his

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thousands and David his ten thousands?

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David heard these comments and
was very afraid of what King

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Achish of Gath might do to him.

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So he pretended to be insane, scratching
on doors and drooling down his beard.

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Finally, King Achish said to his
men, Must you bring me a madman?

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We already have enough
of them around here.

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Why should I let someone
like this be my guest?

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So David left Gath and escaped
to the cave of Adullam.

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Soon his brothers and all his
other relatives joined him there.

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Then others began coming, men who were
in trouble or in debt, or who were

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just discontented, until David was
the captain of about four hundred men.

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Later, David went to Mizpah in Moab,
where he asked the king, Please allow my

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father and mother to live here with you.

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Until I know what God
is going to do for me.

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So David's parents stayed in Moab
with the king during the entire time

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David was living in his stronghold.

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One day the prophet Gad told
David, leave the stronghold and

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return to the land of Judah.

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So David went to the forest of Heareth.

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The news of his arrival in
Judah soon reached Saul.

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At the time the king was sitting
beneath the Tamarisk tree on the

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hill at Gibeah, holding his spear
and surrounded by his officers.

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Listen here, you men of
Benjamin, Saul shouted to his

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officers when he heard the news.

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Has that son of Jesse promised every
one of you fields and vineyards?

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Has he promised to make you all
generals and captains in his army?

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Is that why you have conspired against me?

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For not one of you told me when my own son
made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse.

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You're not even sorry for me.

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Think of it, my own son
encouraging him to kill me as he

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is trying to do this very day.

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You Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was
standing there with Saul's men, spoke up.

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When I was at Nob, he said, I saw
the son of Jesse talking to the

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priest Ahimelech, son of Ahitub.

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Ahimelech consulted the Lord for him.

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Then he gave him food and the
sword of Goliath, the Philistine.

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King Saul immediately sent for
Ahimelech and all his family,

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who served as priests at Nob.

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When they arrived, Saul shouted at
him, Listen to me, you son of Ahitub.

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What is it, my king?

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Ahimelech asked.

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Why have you and the son of
Jesse conspired against me?

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Saul demanded, Why did you
give him food and a sword?

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Why have you consulted God for him?

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Why have you encouraged him to kill me,
as he is trying to do this very day?

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But, sir, Ahimelech replied, is
anyone among all your servants as

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faithful as David, your son in law?

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Why, he is the captain of your
bodyguard, and a highly honored

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member of your household.

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This was certainly not the first
time I had consulted God for him.

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May the king not accuse me and my
family in this matter, for I knew

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nothing at all of any plot against you.

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You will surely die, Ahimelech, along
with your entire family, the king shouted.

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And he ordered his bodyguards, kill
these priests of the Lord, for they

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are allies and conspirators with David.

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They knew he was running away
from me, but they didn't tell me.

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But Saul's men refused to
kill the Lord's priests.

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Then the King said to Doeg, you do it.

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So Doeg the Edomite turned on
them and killed them that day.

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Eighty five priests in all still
wearing their priestly garments.

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Then he went to Nob, the town of the
priests, and killed the priest's families,

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men and women, children and babies.

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And all the cattle,
donkeys, sheep, and goats.

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Only Abiathar, one of the sons of
Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.

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When he told David that Saul
had killed the priests of the

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Lord, David exclaimed, I knew it.

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When I saw Doeg the Edomite there
that day, I knew he was sure to

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tell Saul, Now I have caused the
death of all your father's family.

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Stay here with me and don't be afraid.

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I will protect you with my own life, for
the same person wants to kill us both.

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One day, news came to David that the
Philistines were at Keilah, stealing

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grain from the threshing floors.

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David asked the Lord,
Should I go and attack them?

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Yes.

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Go and save Keilah, the Lord told him.

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But David's men said, We're
afraid even here in Judah.

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We certainly don't want to go to Keilah
to fight the whole Philistine army.

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So David asked the Lord again.

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And again the Lord replied, Go
down to Keilah, for I will help

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you conquer the Philistines.

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So, David and his men went to Keilah.

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They slaughtered the Philistines
and took all their livestock and

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rescued the people of Keilah.

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Now, when Abiathar, son of
Ahimelech, fled to David at Keilah,

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he brought the ephod with him.

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Saul soon learned that
David was at Keilah.

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Good, he exclaimed, we've got him now.

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God has handed him over to me, for he
has trapped himself in a walled town.

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So Saul mobilized his entire army to march
to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

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But David learned of Saul's plan and
told Abiathar the priest to bring the

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ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.

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Then David prayed, O Lord God of Israel,
I have heard that Saul is planning to

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come and destroy Keilah because I am here.

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Will the leaders of
Keilah betray me to him?

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And will Saul actually
come as I have heard?

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O Lord God of Israel, please tell me.

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And the Lord said, he will come.

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Again, David asked, will the leaders
of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?

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And the Lord replied, Yes.

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They will betray you.

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So David and his men, about
600 of them now left Keyyah and

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began roaming the countryside.

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Words soon reached Saul that David had
escaped, so he didn't go to Keyyah.

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After all, David now stayed in the
strongholds of the wilderness and in the

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hill country of Saul hunted him day after
day, but God didn't let Saul find him.

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This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.