📖WEB · 1 Samuel 22:21
What does 1 Samuel 22:21 mean?
"Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh’s priests."
— 1 Samuel 22:21 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh’s priests.
David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father’s house.
Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For you will be safe with me.”
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