And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
Ver. 16. Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech.] A bloody sentence, harshly pronounced and as rashly executed, without any pause or deliberation, without any remorse or regret. This was the worst act that ever Saul did, saith Theoderet: a and a great cause of his destruction, saith Josephus.
a Serm. iii.