He said, &#8216;Permit me to go,<n id="1" /> for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged<n id="2" /> me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go<n id="3" /> to see my brothers.&#8217; For that reason he has not come to the king&#8217;s table.&#8221;p>

Now Ahijah was carrying<n id="1" /> an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the <sc>Lordsc> in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.p>

David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab&#8217;s brother, &#8220;Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?&#8221; Abishai replied, &#8220;I will go down with you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">But David said, &#8220;No! You shouldn&#8217;t do this, my brothers. Look at what the <sc>Lordsc> has given us!<n id="1" /> He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.