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However, one of Saul's servants, [[Doeg the Edomite]], saw David at Nob, and informs Saul that he was there. Saul arrives at the town, concludes that the priests are supporting David and has Doeg kill them all. One priest gets away: [[Abiathar]], son of [[Ahimelech]], who goes to join David. David accepts him, since he feels somewhat responsible for the massacre. David liberates the village of [[Keilah]] from the Philistines with the help of God and Abiathar. However, when God tells him that Saul is coming and the citizens of Keilah will hand him over to Saul, David and his men escape to the desert of [[Ziph (Bible)|Ziph]], where Jonathan comes and recognises him as the next king. However, some Ziphites inform Saul that David is in the desert, but Saul's search is broken off by another Philistine invasion.

 

 

Samuel dies, and, after mourning him, David moves on to the [[Desert of Paran]]. Here he meets the shepherds of a [[Caleb|Calebite]] named [[Nabal]], and his men help protect them. At sheep-shearing time, he sends some of his men to ask for food. However, Nabal refuses, preferring to keep his food for his household. However, when his wife, [[Abigail]], hears of this, she takes a large amount of supplies to David herself. This turns out to be at exactly the right moment, since David had just threatened to kill everyone in Nabal's home. Abigail begs for mercy, and David agrees, praising her wisdom. That night Nabal has a feast, so Abigail waits until morning to tell him what she has done. He has a heart attack and dies ten days later. David marries Abigail and a woman from [[Tel Jezreel|Jezreel]] named [[Ahinoam]], but in the meantime Saul has married David's first wife, Michal, off to a nobleman named [[Palti, son of Laish]].