1 Samuel 22:20
And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
In Context
21And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:12And there ran a man of Benjamin from the battlefield, and came to Shiloh on the same day, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head.
1 Samuel 23:9And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
2 Samuel 15:24And lo, Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, were bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Ebyathar went up, until all the people had finished passing out of the city.
1 Kings 2:26And unto Ebyathar the priest said the king, Go to 'Anathoth, unto thy own fields; for thou art a man worthy of death; but on this day will I not put thee to death; because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Eternal before David my father, and because thou was afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
Job 1:15When the Sabeans made an incursion, and took them away, and the young men they slew with the edge of the sword; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
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 →