Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 22:23
23Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for the one who wants to take my life wants to take your life. You will be safe with me.”
1 Samuel 22:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
- New International Version (NIV)Stay with me; don’t be afraid. The man who wants to kill you is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you shall be in safekeeping."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Stay with me; do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe.”
Context of 1 Samuel 22:23
21Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day and that he was sure to report to Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s family. Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for the one who wants to take my life wants to take your life. You will be safe with me.”
Read all of 1 Samuel 221 Samuel 22:23 word by word
שְׁבָ֤ה אִתִּי֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔א כִּ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ כִּֽי־מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת אַתָּ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:23
- 1 Kings 2:26The king said to the priest Abiathar, “Go to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death today, since you carried the ark of the Lord God in the presence of my father David and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- Matthew 24:9“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.
- John 15:20Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
- John 16:2They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
- John 17:12While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
- John 18:9This was to fulfill the words he had said: “I have not lost one of those you have given me.”
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23He that seeketh my life seeketh thy life - The enmity of Saul is directed against thee as well as against me, and thou canst have no safety but in being closely attached to me; and I will defend thee even at the risk of my own life. This he was bound in duty and conscience to do.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The characteristic generosity of David‘s disposition breaks out in these words. He never forgot a friend. (Compare 2 Samuel 1:26; 2 Samuel 9:1, etc.) David acknowledges that Saul‘s enmity against Abiathar is the consequence of his enmity against himself, and therefore David makes common cause with him.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-23Verses 20-23 David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others. He must have been much pained, when he considered that his falsehood was one cause of this fatal event. David speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar should have his protection. With the Son of David, all who are his may be sure they shall be in safeguard, Psa 91:1. In the hurry and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23Saul’s character is clear here. He could not take revenge on David himself. Instead, Saul killed those he believed had helped David.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2320-23. one of the sons of Ahimelech ... escaped--This was Abiathar, who repaired to David in the forest of Hareth, rescuing, with his own life, the high priest's vestments (1Sa 23:6, 9). On hearing his sad tale, David declared that he had dreaded such a fatal result from the malice and intriguing ambition of Doeg; and, accusing himself as having been the occasion of all the disaster to Abiathar's family, David invited him to remain, because, firmly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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