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1 Samuel 22:14

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Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?

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1 Samuel 22:14 in other translations

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

1 Samuel 22:14 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 22:14 in context

  1. 12Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.”
    He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
  2. 13Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
  3. 14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?
  4. 15Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.”
  5. 16The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”