Bible verse
But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
1 Samuel 22:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 22.
12 “Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
13 And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
14 Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
16 But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
18 So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
KJV
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
ASV
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
ERV
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
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