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1 Samuel 22:11

in 1 Samuel 22

Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

summon Ahimelech the priest

on 1 Samuel 22:11-15

Saul summons Ahimelech and his father's whole family from Nob and charges them with conspiracy for the bread, the sword and the inquiry of God. Ahimelech answers that none of the king's servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law and captain of his bodyguard.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

So the king sent to summon Ahimelech, etc. Calling on the Lord's priests, Saul calls the friendship and reception of David a crime of conspiracy conceived against him. The impious Jews, apprehending those consecrated to Christian piety, will immediately seek revenge for whatever they see …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,....

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

  • הַמֶּ֡לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לִקְרֹא֩to summon

    likro'H7121 →733 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְAhimelech

    ʾachimelekhH288 →16 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אֲחִיט֜וּבAhitub

    ʾachituvH285 →15 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אָבִ֛יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּנֹ֑ב[were] at Nob

    benoH5011 →6 times

  • וַיָּבֹ֥אוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • כֻלָּ֖םall of them

    khulamH3605 →5413 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

3 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 3:15

    “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 59:7–8

      Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

    • Proverbs 1:16

      For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

    • Proverbs 6:18

      a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain.
Anointing of David by Samuel, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Public domain.
1 Samuel: the study guide →Read 1 Samuel 22 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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