And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, the sons [a]of Benjamin, will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards: will he make you all captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds:

That all ye have conspired against me, and there is none that telleth me that my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse? and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth me, that my [b]son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as appeareth this day?

¶ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, (who was appointed over the servants of Saul) and said, I saw the son of Jesse, when he came to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:7 Ye that are of my tribe and lineage.
  2. 1 Samuel 22:8 Hereby he would persuade them that this conspiracy was most horrible, where the son conspired against the father, and the servant against his master.

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