1 Samuel 22:8-23

8that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me ^awhen my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you ^bis sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, ^cto lie in wait, as at this day.” 9Then answered ^dDoeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse ^ecoming to Nob, to ^fAhimelech the son of Ahitub, 10 ^gand he inquired of the Lord for him and ^hgave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

11Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king. 12And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub.” And he answered, “Here I am, my lord.” 13And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and ⁱhave inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, ^jto lie in wait, as at this day?” 14Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and captain over ▼

▼Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew  and has turned aside to

your bodyguard, and honored in your house? 15Is today the first time ^lthat I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, ^mmuch or little.” 16And the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.” 17And the king said to ⁿthe guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord. 18Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, ^oand he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. 19And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; ^pboth man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

20But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named ^qAbiathar, escaped and fled after David. 21And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22And David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, ^rwhen Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father’s house. 23 ^sStay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you shall be in safekeeping.”

1 Samuel 23:19-23

19 ^tThen the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of ^uJeshimon? 20Now come down, O king, according to all your heart’s desire to come down, ^vand our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.” 21And Saul said, ^w“May you be blessed by the Lord, ^xfor you have had compassion on me. 22Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning. 23See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

2 Samuel 3:7-11

7Now Saul had a concubine whose name was ^yRizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, ^z“Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?” 8Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I ^aaa dog’s head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman. 9 ^abGod do so to Abner and more also, if I do not accomplish for David ^acwhat the Lord has sworn to him, 10to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, ^adfrom Dan to Beersheba.” 11And Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.

2 Samuel 4:5-12

5Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest. 6And they came into the midst of the house as if to get wheat, and they stabbed him ^aein the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. ▼

▼Septuagint  And behold, the doorkeeper of the house had been cleaning wheat, but she grew drowsy and slept. So Rechab and Baanah his brother slipped in

7When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of ^agthe Arabah all night, 8and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, ^ahwho sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.” 9But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, ^ai“As the Lord lives, ^ajwho has redeemed my life out of every adversity, 10 ^akwhen one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, ^alI seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. 11How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now ^amrequire his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?” 12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it ^anin the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

Proverbs 20:8

8 ^aoA king who sits on the throne of judgment
^apwinnows all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 25:23

23The north wind brings forth rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.