Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
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Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
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And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
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And Saul said: 'Hear now, thou son of Ahitub.' And he answered: 'Here I am, my lord.'
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 22:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 22:7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 22:13 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 today?”
- 2 Samuel 9:6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth.” He answered, “Behold, your servant!”
- Isaiah 65:1 “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son…
1Sa 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I [am], my lord.
Ver. 12. Here now, thou son of Ahitub.] This is the best title he can now find in his heart to give him whom he meant to condemn to die. And yet this was better language than Stephen Gardiner gave Dr Taylor, martyr, with whom he thus began at his very first appearance before him: Art thou come, thou villain? how darest thou look me in the face for shame? knowest thou not who I am? &c. {a}
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{a} Act. and Mon., 1381.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou son of Ahitub; he shows his contempt and…
Thou son of Ahitub; he shows his contempt and anger, that he would not vouchsafe to name him: See Poole "1Sa 20:27".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Saul said, hear now, thou son of Ahitub,....…
And Saul said, hear now, thou son of Ahitub,.... The charge exhibited against him; in contempt of him, he does not so much as call him by his name, nor give him the title of his office, as high priest; though he was the second person in the kingdom, and to whose office a few years ago the civil government was annexed:
and he answered, here I am, my lord; giving due honour to Saul, though he received none from him, and appearing with great boldness, as having a clear conscience, and so ready to hear what was to be said unto him.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Achitob. He gives him no honourable title, no more…
Achitob. He gives him no honourable title, no more than David, (ver. 7, &c.) out of disrespect. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).