1 Samuel 22 · Verse 14

1 Samuel 22:14

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?
1 Samuel 22:14, King James Version

1 Samuel 22:14 in other translations

BSBAhimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
WEBThen Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?
ASVThen Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
YLTAnd Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, ‘And who among all thy servants is as David--faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?
DARBYAnd Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?
BBEThen Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?
WebsterThen Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thy house?

What does 1 Samuel 22:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 And who is so faithful - The word נאמן neeman, which we here translate faithful, is probably the name of an officer. See the note on Num 12:7.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 22:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּ֧עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ'a.chi.Me.lekhAhimelechH288
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559
וּמִ֤יu.Miand who?H4310
בְכָל\־ve.khol-among allH3605
עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙'a.va.Dei.khaservants yourH5650
כְּדָוִ֣דke.da.Vid[is] like DavidH1732
נֶאֱמָ֔ןne.'e.ManfaithfulH539
וַחֲתַ֥ןva.cha.Tanand [the] son-in-law ofH2860
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְסָ֥רve.Sarand [one who] turns asideH5493
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ךָmish.ma'.Te.khabodyguard yourH4928
וְנִכְבָּ֥דve.nikh.Badand honoredH3513
בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ\׃be.vei.Te.khain household yourH1004

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 22:14

  • 1 Samuel 19:4-5

    And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

  • 1 Samuel 20:32

    And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

  • 2 Samuel 22:23-25

    For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

  • 1 Samuel 24:11

    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

  • 1 Samuel 26:23

    The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.

  • Proverbs 24:11-12

    If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

  • 1 Samuel 17:25

    And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

  • Proverbs 31:8-9

    Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • 1 Samuel 18:27

    Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

  • 1 Samuel 22:13

    And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Samuel 21:2

    And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

  • 1 Samuel 18:13

    Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

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And who.
19:4,5; 20:32; 24:11; 26:23; 2Sa 22:23-25; Pr 24:11,12; 31:8,9
the king's.
13; 17:25; 18:27
goeth.
18:13; 21:2

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 22:13

    And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Samuel 22:14

    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?

  • 1 Samuel 22:15

    Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

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1 Samuel 22:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Ahimelech respondió al rey, y dijo: ¿Y quién entre todos tus siervos es tan fiel como David, yerno además del rey, y que va por tu mandado, y es ilustre en tu casa?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Akhimélec répondit au roi, et dit: Et qui, parmi tous tes serviteurs, est comme David, fidèle, et gendre du roi, et ayant accès à tes audiences privées, et honoré dans ta maison?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Ahimelech antwortete dem König und sprach: Und wer unter all deinen Knechten ist wie David, treu, und des Königs Eidam, und der Zutritt hat zu deinem geheimen Rat und geehrt ist in deinem Hause?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respondensque Achimelech regi, ait: Et quis in omnibus servis tuis sicut David, fidelis, et gener regis, et pergens ad imperium tuum, et gloriosus in domo tua?