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1 Samuel 22:20

AbiatharAhimelechAhitubDavid

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.

19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests.

22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

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BSB
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
KJV
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
WEB
One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
ASV
And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
DARBY
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
BLB
And escaped one son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub, and his name [was] Abiathar, and he fled after David.
ÅB
Bare en sønn av Akimelek, Akitubs sønn, slapp bort; hans navn var Abjatar. Han flyktet til David og fulgte ham.
OTB
Men en sønn av Ahimelek, sønn av Ahitub, ved navn Abjatar, klarte å flykte og flyktet til David.
B1930
Bare en sønn av Akimelek, Akitubs sønn, slapp bort; hans navn var Abjatar. Han flyktet til David og fulgte ham.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:6

    And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:7

    And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:9

    And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

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  • 1 Kings 2:26–27

    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:33

    And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

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  • Job 1:19

    And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:12

    And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

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  • Job 1:15–17

    And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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