1 Samuel 22:12

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And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.

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  • 1 Sam 22:7 : 7 Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;
  • 1 Sam 22:13 : 13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?
  • 2 Sam 9:6 : 6 And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.
  • Isa 65:1 : 1 I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

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    7 Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;

    8 That all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?

    9 Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.

    10 And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

    11 Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.

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    13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

    14 Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

    15 Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

    16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

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    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

    18 And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

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    7 And looking back, he saw me and gave a cry to me. And answering him I said, Here am I.

    8 And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.

  • 1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

  • 16 Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.

  • 31 And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.

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    10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

    11 And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

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    8 So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

    9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

    10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?

  • 6 Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.

  • 4 The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.

  • 13 And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.

  • 21 And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.

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    21 Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

    22 Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.

  • 58 And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

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    55 And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

    56 And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

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    20 And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

    21 And gave him the news of how Saul had put to death the Lord's priests.

  • 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David.

  • 22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

  • 24 And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.

  • 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

  • 1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

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    13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

    14 And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

  • 18 Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

  • 18 And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

  • 21 And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.

  • 38 And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

  • 10 Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

  • 16 So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

  • 17 And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.

  • 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

  • 27 The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.