1 Samuel 22:14-18

¹⁴Ahimelech 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?

¹⁵Was 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.”

¹⁶But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

¹⁷Then 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.

¹⁸So 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.

— 1 Samuel 22:14-18

(BSB)

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Cross References for 1 Samuel 22:14-18

• Exodus 1:17
• 1 Samuel 19:4-5
• 1 Kings 18:4
• Acts 26:10-11
• 1 Samuel 14:45
• 1 Samuel 22:13
• 1 Samuel 25:36
• 1 Samuel 20:32
• Proverbs 28:15
• 1 Peter 3:16-17

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