12 Then Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub!”

“I’m at your service,(A) my lord,” he said.

13 Saul asked him, “Why did you and Jesse’s son conspire against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him, so he could rise up against me and wait in ambush, as is the case today.”(B)

14 Ahimelech replied to the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David?(C) He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

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