1 Samuel 22:20

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.

• וַיִּמָּלֵ֣טand he escaped

  vaiyimaletH4422 →95 times

• בֵּן־a son

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• אֶחָ֗דone

  ʾechadH259 →971 times

• לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙of Ahimelech

  laachimelekhH288 →16 times

• בֶּן־[the] son of

  ben-H1121 →4930 times

• אֲחִט֔וּבAhitub

  ʾachituvH285 →15 times

• וּשְׁמ֖וֹand name his

  ushemoH8034 →864 times

• אֶבְיָתָ֑ר[was] Abiathar

  ʾevyatarH54 →30 times

• וַיִּבְרַ֖חand he fled

  vaiyivrachH1272 →63 times

• אַחֲרֵ֥יafter

  ʾachareiH310 →715 times

• דָוִֽד׃David

  davidH1732 →999 times

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

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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

  1 Samuel 23:9

  When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 30:7

    Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

  • 1 Samuel 14:18

    Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Samuel 23:6

    (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

  • Numbers 27:21

    He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…

• Through

  1 Samuel 2:33

  And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 2:26–27

    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried…

• Through

  1 Samuel 30:7

  Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 22:20–21

    But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

  • 1 Kings 2:26

    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried…

• Through

  1 Samuel 23:6

  (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

  it leads to

  • Exodus 28:30–31

    And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the…