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1 Samuel 22:23 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 22 · verse 23
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.1 Samuel 22:23 · King James Version
1 Samuel 22:23 in context
21And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests.
22And 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.
23Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- safeguardmishmerethwatchH4931 →
- seekethbâqashto search outH1245 →
- Abideyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- fearyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- lifenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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Here is, 1. The escape of Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, out of the desolations of the priests' city. Probably when his father went to appear, upon Saul's summons, he was left at home to attend the altar, by which means he escaped the first execution, and, before Doeg and his bloodhounds came to Nob, he had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-23