1 Samuel 22:11 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 22:11

9 Then answered ^aDoeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, “I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to ^bAhimelech the son of ^cAhitub.

10 ^aAnd he inquired of the Lord for him, ^bgave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

11 So the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob. And they all came to the king.

12 And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub!” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”

13 Then Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?”

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.

21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the Lord’s priests.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 22:11

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American Standard Version
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

Amplified® Bible
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and they all came to the king.

Contemporary English Version
Saul sent a message to Ahimelech and his whole family of priests at Nob, ordering them to come to him. When they came,

Darby English Version
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.

Good News Bible
So King Saul sent for the priest Ahimelech and all his relatives, who were also priests in Nob, and they came to him.

King James Version
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

New American Standard Bible
Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

New International Version
Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and his father's whole family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king.

New King James Version
So the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob. And they all came to the king.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who lived in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king sent to summon Ahim'elech the priest, the son of Ahi'tub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob; and all of them came to the king.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who `are' in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king;

New English Translation
Then the king arranged for a meeting with the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and all the priests of his father’s house who were at Nob. They all came to the king.

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