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1 Samuel  22:16

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

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Interpretation

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.

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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 22:14-16.

1 Samuel 22:14 1 Samuel 22:15 1 Samuel 22:16

Glossary

Ahimelech Person
Brother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar ( 1 Sam. 22:20-23 ). He descended from Eli in the line of Ithamar. In 1 Chr. 18:16 he is called Abimelech, and is probably the same as Ahiah ( 1 Sam. 14:3 , 18).