New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Samuel 22:14
141Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s own son-in-law, who 2is commander over your bodyguard, and is honored in your house?
1 Samuel 22:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Ahimelech answered the king, "And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and captain over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?
Context of 1 Samuel 22:14
12Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.” And he replied, “Here I am, my lord.” 13Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?” Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s own son-in-law, who is commander over your bodyguard, and is honored in your house? 15Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute anything against his servant or against any of the household of my father, because your servant knows nothing at all of this whole affair.” 16But the king said, “You shall certainly die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s household!”
Read all of 1 Samuel 221 Samuel 22:14 word by word
וַיַּ֧עַן אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר וּמִ֤י בְכָל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ כְּדָוִ֣ד נֶאֱמָ֔ן וַחֲתַ֥ן הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְסָ֥ר אֶל־מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ךָ וְנִכְבָּ֥ד בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
- Then Ahimelechאֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ'ăchîymelek · AhimelechH288
- answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- And whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
- among allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- is as faithfulאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
- as Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- is commander overאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- your bodyguardמִשְׁמַ֫עַתmishma‛ath · guardH4928
- and is honoredכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
- in your houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:14
- 1 Samuel 19:4Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “May the king not sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you.
- 1 Samuel 20:32But Jonathan replied to his father Saul and said to him, “Why must he be put to death? What has he done?”
- 1 Samuel 24:11So, my father, look! Indeed, look at the edge of your robe in my hand! For by the fact that I cut off the edge of your robe but did not kill you, know and understand that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life, to take it.
- 1 Samuel 26:23And the Lord will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to reach out with my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
- 2 Samuel 22:23For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not deviate from them.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
- Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak, For the rights of all the unfortunate.
- 1 Samuel 22:13Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?”
- 1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will make the man who kills him wealthy with great riches, and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 18:27David set out and went, he and his men, and fatally struck two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they presented all two hundred of them to the king, so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal as a wife.
- 1 Samuel 18:13So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
- 1 Samuel 21:2David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And who is so faithful - The word נאמן neeman, which we here translate faithful, is probably the name of an officer. See the note on Numbers 12:7.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Goeth at thy bidding - Better, “has access to thy (private) audience,” or council (compare 2 Samuel 23:23, margin).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-19Verses 6-19 See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their cruelty as barbarous as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14the king’s son-in-law: David had married Saul's daughter (1 Samuel 18:17–29).Read the comment
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- 1. 1 Samuel 22:14 1 Sam 19:4, 5; 20:32 ↩
- 2. 1 Samuel 22:14 As in LXX; MT turns aside to ↩
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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