1 Samuel 22:16 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 22:16

14 So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as ^afaithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much.”

16 And the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all ^ayour father’s house!”

17 Then the king said to the guards who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me.” But the servants of the king ^awould not lift their hands to strike the priests of the Lord.

18 And the king said to Doeg, “You turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and ^akilled on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod.

19 ^aAlso Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep—with the edge of the sword.

20 ^aNow one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, ^bescaped and fled after David.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 22:16

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American Standard Version
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

Amplified® Bible
[Saul] said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house.

Contemporary English Version
"Ahimelech," Saul said, "you and your whole family are going to die."

Darby English Version
And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

Good News Bible
The king said, "Ahimelech, you and all your relatives must die."

King James Version
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

New American Standard Bible
But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!"

New International Version
But the king said, "You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and your father's whole family."

New King James Version
And the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!"

Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahim'elech, you and all your father's house."

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.'

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