1 Samuel 22 · Verse 9

1 Samuel 22:9

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 22:9, King James Version

1 Samuel 22:9 in other translations

BSBBut Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
WEBThen Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
ASVThen answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
YLTAnd answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, ‘I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,
DARBYThen answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
BBEThen Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.
WebsterThen answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

What does 1 Samuel 22:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Doeg ... set over the servants--Septuagint, "the mules of Saul."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul - In 1Sam 21:7 he is said to be the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul, and the Septuagint intimate that he was over the mules of Saul. Probably he was what we call the king's equery or groom.

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 22:9 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּ֜עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
דֹּאֵ֣גdo.'EgDoegH1673
הָאֲדֹמִ֗יha.'a.do.Mithe EdomiteH130
וְה֛וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
נִצָּ֥בni.Tzav[was] standingH5324
עַל\־'al-withH5921
עַבְדֵֽי\־'av.dei-[the] servants ofH5650
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiI sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יִשַׁ֔יyi.ShaiJesseH3448
בָּ֣אba'comingH935
נֹ֔בֶהNoehNob towardsH5011
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.chi.Me.lekhAhimelechH288
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִטֽוּב\׃'a.chi.TuvAhitubH285

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 22:9

  • Psalms 52:1-9

    To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. …

  • 1 Samuel 21:1-15

    Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? 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. Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. …

  • Matthew 26:59-61

    Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

  • Proverbs 19:5

    A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

  • Ezekiel 22:9

    In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

  • 1 Samuel 14:3

    And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

  • Proverbs 29:12

    If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Doeg.He is also said to be "the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul;" and the Septuagint intimates that he was over the mules of Saul. He may have been what we call the king's equerry or groom.
21:7; Ps 52:1; *title
Ps 52:1-5; Pr 19:5; 29:12; Eze 22:9; Mt 26:59-61
Ahimelech.
21:1-15
Ahitub.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 22:8

    That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Samuel 22:9

    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

  • 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.

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1 Samuel 22:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Doeg Idumeo, que era superior entre los siervos de Saúl, respondió y dijo: Yo vi al hijo de Isaí que vino á Nob, á Ahimelech hijo de Ahitob;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Doëg, l’Édomite, qui était établi sur les serviteurs de Saül, répondit et dit: J’ai vu le fils d’Isaï venir à Nob vers Akhimélec, fils d’Akhitub;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da antwortete Doeg, der Edomiter, der bei den Knechten Sauls stand, und sprach: Ich sah den Sohn Isais nach Nob kommen zu Ahimelech, dem Sohne Ahitubs.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respondens autem Doëg Idumæus, qui assistebat, et erat primus inter servos Saul: Vidi, inquit, filium Isai in Nobe apud Achimelech filium Achitob sacerdotem.