1 Samuel 22:20

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 23:6, 1 Samuel 23:9.

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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 fa...
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...
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,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Abiathar, escaped. Saul thus caused the transfer of the High Priest, with the Urim and Thummim, to David.
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....
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

Abiathar shared in all David's wanderings and was made by him joint priest with Zadok. But he shared in Adonijah's rising and was deposed by Solomo...
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...
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

(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 s...
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 sanc...
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...
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...
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

Abiathar's Escape. B. C. 1057. 20 An...
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 .
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, som...
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 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

And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David, he came to David, the fugitive.
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
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

²⁰ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 22:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 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 22:20