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1 Samuel 22:16

Ahimelech
Sin

14 Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?

15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”

But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

18 So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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BSB
But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
KJV
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
WEB
The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
ASV
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father`s house.
DARBY
And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
BLB
And the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all the house of your father.”
ÅB
Men kongen sa: Du skal dø, Akimelek, du og hele din fars hus.
OTB
Men kongen erklærte: "Ahimelek, du og hele din fars hus skal sannelig dø!"
B1930
Men kongen sa: Du skal dø, Akimelek, du og hele din fars hus.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 28:15

    Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

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  • Acts 12:19

    After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:31

    For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

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  • 1 Kings 19:2

    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

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  • 1 Samuel 14:44

    And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”

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  • 1 Kings 18:4

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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  • Daniel 2:5

    The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

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  • Matthew 2:16

    When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

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