1 Samuel 22:14

goeth at thy bidding: or, cometh near for audience. Septuagint reads "is captain over thy bodyguard".

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 22:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Goeth at thy bidding - Better, “has access to thy (private) audience,” or council (compare 2 Samuel 23:23 , margin).
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,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And goeth at thy bidding— Who is a prince under thy command. LXX, and Houbigant. See ch. 1 Samuel 21:1-2 . Ahimelech's apology sufficiently shew...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all o...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Goeth at thy bidding] RV 'is taken into thy council.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who is so faithful among all thy servants? — The words of the high priest were quiet and dignified, and no doubt spoke the general sentiments of th...
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 plac...
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 wh...
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 de...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said ,.... First with respect to David, and then with regard to himself; with respect to David as follows, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who [is so] faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ahimelech said, Who is so faithful , &c. Or, rather, Who was so faithful , &c.; for it cannot be supposed, after Saul had just accused Davi...
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 s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Destroys the Lord's Priests; the City of Nob Destroyed. B. C. 1057....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He doth not determine the differences between Saul and David, nor affirm what David now was; but only declared what David had formerly been, both rea...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Reveals His True Colours ( 1 Samuel 22:6-19 ). While David was going through his period of refining, Saul was displaying his true colours. Un...
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 Ram...
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 5...
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....
The Biblical Illustrator

And Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David. In defence of the king Now, it was for acts...
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 situa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul takes Revenge upon the Priests of Nob
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful, in whom so much confidence has always been reposed, among all thy servants as Dav...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And said — He doth not determine the difference between Saul and David; nor affirm what David now was: but only declared what David formerly had be...

¹⁴ Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 22:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 22:14