1 Samuel 22:12
in 1 Samuel 22“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
KJV
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis 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.
This site's exposition
Listen now, son of Ahitub
Saul summons the priest by his father's name, and 14:3 traces that Ahitub back to Eli through Phinehas. Ahimelech answers with a servant's ready words. Henry reflects on how unsafe a subject is under a king who judges in this way.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
And Abimelech answering the king, said: And who, etc.? The sacred order of commandments, fighting for the kingdom of Christ, will respond to the Jewish people, who consider the faith and love of Christ a crime: And who among all the prophets and saints, whom …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Saul said, hear now, thou son of Ahitub,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And inquiring of God for him. [By allowing him to consult the Urim and Tumim], you have made him a king, because no inquiry may be made of the Urim and Tumim for a commoner.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שָׁא֔וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| שְֽׁמַֽע־ | shema'- | listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| נָ֖א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | O son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִיט֑וּב | ʾachituv | Ahitub | H285 → | 15 times |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הִנְנִ֥י | hini | here [am] I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| אֲדֹנִֽי׃ | ʾadoni | O lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
שָׁא֔וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
שְֽׁמַֽע־listen
shema'-H8085 →1159 times
נָ֖אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
בֶּן־O son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיט֑וּבAhitub
ʾachituvH285 →15 times
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הִנְנִ֥יhere [am] I
hiniH2005 →316 times
אֲדֹנִֽי׃O lord my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I…
it leads to
- Romans 10:20
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
- Romans 9:24–26
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
- 1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Ephesians 2:12–13
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to…
- Romans 10:20
Through
2 Samuel 9:6And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:40
The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
- 2 Samuel 16:4
So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
- 1 Chronicles 9:40
Through
1 Samuel 22:13And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 22:8
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has…
- 1 Samuel 22:8
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.