The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”
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The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”
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And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
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And the king said: 'Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.'
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 22:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
- Deuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- 1 Samuel 14:44 Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
- 1 Samuel 20:31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
- 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
- Esther 3:6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
- Daniel 2:5 The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.
- Daniel 2:12 Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
- Daniel 3:19-20 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
- Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
- Acts 12:19 When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely…
1Sa 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
Ver. 16. Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech.] A bloody sentence, harshly pronounced and as rashly executed, without any pause or deliberation, without any remorse or regret. This was the worst act that ever Saul did, saith Theoderet: {a} and a great cause of his destruction, saith Josephus.
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{a} Serm. iii.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the king said, thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech,....…
And the king said, thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech,.... He pronounces the sentence himself, without taking the opinion and advice of others, or further time; which was an act of arbitrary power, and upon an innocent person, which was an act of great injustice:
thou, and all thy father's house; more unrighteous still; but God suffered him to do this to fulfil his will, and execute his threatenings against the house of Eli, which was this priest's father's house, for former wickedness; but this is no excuse for, nor extenuation of the sin of, Saul.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 22:16-17. Thou shalt surely die, thou and all…
1Sa 22:16-17. Thou shalt surely die, thou and all thy father’s house — A cruel resolution; for what had the rest of the priests done to deserve such a bloody execution? The servants of the king would not, &c. — In this, undoubtedly, they were praiseworthy; but had been more so had they courageously taken the part of these innocent persons, and remonstrated to Saul against his cruelty, as contrary to all the laws of God and man. And if their reasons and prayers had proved ineffectual, they should have treated this command as the dictate of Saul’s melancholy or evil spirit, and have given the priests some opportunity to escape out of his hands, instead of standing tamely to see them fall, contrary to all laws, divine or human, by the hands of a ruffian, the minister of a tyrant’s cruelty.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 your father's house
your father's house
The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house. AT: "your father's family" or "your father's descendants" (See: Metonymy)
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the guard that stood around him
"the soldiers standing nearby to protect him"
Turn and kill
Here "Turn" means to turn around or turn away from the king. AT: "Go and kill" or "Kill" (See: Idiom)
their hand also is with David
The word "hand" is a metonym for the work done with the hand. AT: "they also help David" (See: Synecdoche)
would not put out their hand to kill
The word "hand" is a metonym for the work done with the hand. AT: "did not do anything to kill" or "refused to kill" (See: Metonymy)
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king
die
ancestor
house
turn
priest
Yahweh
hand
David
reveal
servant
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