²⁰ But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.^{(A) 21} Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. ²² David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible^[a] for the lives of all your father’s house.^{(B) 23} Stay with me, and do not be afraid, for the one who seeks my life seeks your life; you will be safe with me.”^(C)

²⁸ Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two commanders from his own ancestral house.^(A)