Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin: Is Jesse’s son going to give all of you fields and vineyards? Do you think he’ll make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?(A) That’s why all of you have conspired against me! Nobody tells me[a] when my own son makes a covenant with Jesse’s son.(B) None of you cares about me(C) or tells me[b] that my son has stirred up my own servant to wait in ambush for me, as is the case today.”

Then Doeg the Edomite,(D) who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw Jesse’s son come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:8 Lit No one uncovers my ear
  2. 1 Samuel 22:8 Lit or uncovers my ear

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