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17 Then the king said to the messengers[a] who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided[b] with David. They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm[c] the priests of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:17 tn Heb “runners.”
  2. 1 Samuel 22:17 tn Heb “their hand is.”
  3. 1 Samuel 22:17 tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”