1 Samuel 22:21

וַיַּגֵּד אֶבְיָתָר לְדָוִד כִּי הָרַג שָׁאוּל אֵת כֹּהֲנֵי יְהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’S priests.

In Context

20וַיִּמָּלֵט בֵּן ־ אֶחָד לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן ־ אֲחִטוּב וּשְׁמוֹ אֶבְיָתָר וַיִּבְרַח אַחֲרֵי דָוִֽד ׃

22וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לְאֶבְיָתָר יָדַעְתִּי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כִּֽי ־ שָׁם דויג הָאֲדֹמִי כִּֽי ־ הַגֵּד יַגִּיד לְשָׁאוּל אָנֹכִי סַבֹּתִי בְּכָל ־ נֶפֶשׁ בֵּית אָבִֽיךָ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:33וְאִישׁ לֹֽא ־ אַכְרִית לְךָ מֵעִם מִזְבְּחִי לְכַלּוֹת אֶת ־ עֵינֶיךָ וְלַאֲדִיב אֶת ־ נַפְשֶׁךָ וְכָל ־ מַרְבִּית בֵּיתְךָ יָמוּתוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 22:21-23

Abiathar's Escape. ( b. c. 1057.) 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord 's priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. Here… Read the whole commentary →

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