14 And Ahimelech answered the King, and said, Who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, being also the king’s son-in-law, and goeth at thy commandment, and is honorable in thine house?

15 [a]Have I this day first begun to ask counsel of God for him? be it far from me, let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less nor more.

16 Then the King said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:15 Have I not at other times also, when he had great affairs, consulted with the Lord for him?

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