⁹ And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

⁷ And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.

⁶ Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

²¹ He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.

¹⁶ But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

¹⁷ And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him.

¹⁸ So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

⁶ Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

²⁴ But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

³ Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

¹⁸ And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

¹⁹ But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

²⁰ And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

¹⁸ And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.