14 Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, the king's son-in-law, who goes at thy bidding and is honourable in thy house?

15 Did I begin to enquire of God for him today? Be it far from me; let not the king impute [any] thing unto his servant [nor] to all the house of my father, for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou and all thy father's house.