1 Sam. 22:11-23
11 The king sent for the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and for all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob; and all of them came to the king. 12Saul said, ‘Listen now, son of Ahitub.’ He answered, ‘Here I am, my lord.’ 13Saul said to him, ‘Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, by giving him bread and a sword, and by inquiring of God for him, so that he has risen against me, to lie in wait, as he is doing today?’
14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, ‘Who among all your servants is so faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, and is quick to do your bidding, and is honoured in your house. 15Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? By no means! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any member of my father’s house; for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.’ 16The king said, ‘You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.’ 17The king said to the guard who stood around him, ‘Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David; they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me.’ But the servants of the king would not raise their hand to attack the priests of the Lord. 18Then the king said to Doeg, ‘You, Doeg, turn and attack the priests.’ Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests; on that day he killed eighty-five who wore the linen ephod. 19Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep, he put to the sword.
20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David. 21Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22David said to Abiathar, ‘I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the lives of all your father’s house. 23Stay with me, and do not be afraid; for the one who seeks my life seeks your life; you will be safe with me.’
BLOG DISCUSSION QUESTION: See how envy ripples pain into the world?
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Most often our envy isn't quite so visibly harmful, but sometimes the pain that strikes just below the surface is harder to deal with. Envy that spoils the way we look at people, leading us to look at all their actions in a negative way....breaking the 8th commandment. Envy that taints the way we look at people, leading us to be short tempered with them....breaking the 5th commandment. Envy that drives us to over extend ourselves trying to keep up with the "Jones'" .... breaking the 9th and 10th commandment.
We see what the violent ripples of envy do when envy leads a person to lash out like Saul...the ripples that surface below our skin are harder to see, harder to deal with, and no less menacing.
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