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1 Samuel 22:16

Ahimelech
Sin

14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a 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

    As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

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  • Acts 12:19

    And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:31

    For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

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  • 1 Kings 19:2

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:44

    And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

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  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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  • Daniel 2:5

    The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

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  • Matthew 2:16

    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

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