1 Samuel 22 · Verse 11

1 Samuel 22:11

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 of them to the king.
1 Samuel 22:11, King James Version

1 Samuel 22:11 in other translations

BSBThen the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
WEBThen the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob; and they all came to the king.
ASVThen 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 of them to the king.
YLTAnd the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who are in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king;
DARBYThen 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 of them to the king.
BBEThen the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.
WebsterThen 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 of them to the king.

What does 1 Samuel 22:11 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 22:6-19

See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their…

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1 Samuel 22:11 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
הַמֶּ֡לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
לִקְרֹא֩lik.Ro'to summonH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְ'a.chi.Me.lekhAhimelechH288
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִיט֜וּב'a.chi.TuvAhitubH285
הַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אָבִ֛יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
בְּנֹ֑בbe.No[were] at NobH5011
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
כֻלָּ֖םkhu.Lamall of themH3605
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃\ \סha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 22:10

    And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

  • 1 Samuel 22:11

    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 of them to the king.

  • 1 Samuel 22:12

    And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

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1 Samuel 22:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el rey envió por el sacerdote Ahimelech hijo de Ahitob, y por toda la casa de su padre, los sacerdotes que estaban en Nob: y todos vinieron al rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi envoya appeler Akhimélec, le sacrificateur, fils d’Akhitub, et toute la maison de son père, les sacrificateurs qui étaient à Nob; et ils vinrent tous vers le roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sandte der König hin, Ahimelech, den Sohn Ahitubs, den Priester, zu rufen, sowie das ganze Haus seines Vaters, die Priester, die zu Nob waren; und sie kamen alle zum König.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misit ergo rex ad accersendum Achimelech sacerdotem filium Achitob, et omnem domum patris ejus, sacerdotum qui erant in Nobe, qui universi venerunt ad regem.