And 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.
What does 1 Samuel 22:22 mean?
David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside 1 Samuel 22:20-23 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Glossary
- David Person
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Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .
- Saul Person
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Asked for. (1. ) A king of Edom ( Gen. 36:37 , 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48 .
- Doeg Person
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Fearful, an Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul’s flocks ( 1 Sam. 21:7 ). At the command of Saul he slew the high priest Ahimelech (q. v. ) at Nob, together with all the priests to the number of eighty-five persons.
- Abiathar Person
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Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli.