^{10 Ref} And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

^{11 Ref} Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

^{12 Ref} And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

^{13 Ref} And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

^{14 Ref} Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

^{15 Ref} Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.