1 Samuel 22:16

And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? by no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against the whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

17And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he + 22:17 Gr. flees.fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:44And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, thou shalt surely die to-day.

1 Kings 18:4And it came to pass when Jezabel smote the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:7-20

Saul Destroys the Lord's Priests; the City of Nob Destroyed. ( b. c. 1057.) 6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; 8 That all of you have… Read the whole commentary →

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