1 Samuel 22:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. ”

1 Samuel 22:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Abiathar - He may have remained at Nob to take care of the sanctuary when the other priests went to Saul, and so escaped. He continued David’s faithful friend throughout his reign 1Sa 23:9 ;...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, (l) escaped, and fled after David. (l) This was God's providence, who according to his promise preserved some of the house of Eli,...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22. David at Adullam and Moab: Massacre at Nob (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document, and be the continuation of 1 Samuel 21:1-9 ....
1 Samuel 22:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Abiathar, escaped. Saul thus caused the transfer of the High Priest, with the Urim and Thummim, to David.
1 Samuel 22:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. Abiathar, escaped - This man carried with him his sacerdotal garments, as we find from 1 Samuel 23:...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. One of the sons of Ahimelech ... escaped. This was Abiathar, who repaired to David in the fo...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David in the Cave of Adullam. Saul's Slaughter of the Priests at Nob 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron.
1 Samuel 22:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Abiathar. — Of those who dwelt at Nob, only one single priest, Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, seems to have escaped this general massacre. It has been suggested that when his father and the whole body...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX. DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH. 1 Samuel 22:1-23 . THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Slaughter of David's Friends 1 Samuel 22:11-23 The Apostle James says that “the tongue is set on fire of hell.” Surely this was the case when Saul, encamped on the height above Gibeah, scat...
1 Samuel 22:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leaving Gath, David took refuge in the cave of Adullam, where there gathered to him a band of the outcasts of his own people. They are graphically described as those in "distress," in "debt," and "di...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) В¶ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. The flight of Abiathar to David, should serve to teach every persecuted soul that Jesus, th...
1 Samuel 22:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped ,.... Who very probably was left by his father to take care of the sanctuary, and the holy things in it, when he and the...
1 Samuel 22:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. Ver. 20. And one of the sons of Ahimelech. ] So Merlin the admiral's chaplain, was by a strange p...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Abiathar escaped and fled after David He, by his father's death, was now high-priest, and is the person referred to Mark 2:26 , where we find him described by an office which he did not bear till...
1 Samuel 22:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David wrote Psalms 34:1-22 at this time, which shows that he was truly restored to the Lord. Verse 4 of that Psalm is particularly significant, "I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me f...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abiathar's Escape. B. C. 1057. 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Abiathar, by his father's death, was now high priest, Fled after David, to Keilah, 1 Samuel 23:6,7 .
1 Samuel 22:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.' One of the sons of Ahimelech, however, somehow escaped and ‘fled after David'. His name was...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 22:6 . “ Abode under a tree ,” etc. Rather, was sitting under a tamarisk tree upon the height . (For Ramah see Notes on 1 Samuel 1:1 .) “Oriental princes...
1 Samuel 22:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:10 . He enquired of the Lord for him. This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22 ; Psalms 52:3 . 1 Samuel 22:16 . Thou shalt surely die:...
1 Samuel 22:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the prophet Gad said unto David. A friend and a foe I. The visit of Gad the seer. David had been brought very low through his own mistakes. God proved him in the hold. Then He sent to him....
1 Samuel 22:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF DAVID 'S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW . 1 Samuel 22:1 The cave Adullam. According to Josephus this was situated near a city of the same name ('Ant.,' 1 Samue...
1 Samuel 22:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul takes Revenge upon the Priests of Nob
1 Samuel 22:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:26 ; 1 Kings 2:27 ; 1 Samuel 2:33 ; 1 Samuel 23:6 ; 1 Samuel 30:7 ; 1 Samuel 4:12 ; 2 Samuel 20:25 ; Job 1:15-17 ; Job 1:19
1 Samuel 22:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abiathar — Who by his father's death was now high — priest.

1 Samuel 22:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 22:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 22:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 22:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 22:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 22:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 22:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 22:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 22:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 22:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 22:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 22:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 22:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes