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I Samuel Chapter 22

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I Samuel

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In this chapter David confronts Absalom, the son of Amon, who has rebelled against him. The dialogue reveals David’s anger and the tension over the upcoming battle, while also showing his determination to restore his throne. The chapter underscores the conflict between a king and his rebellious son and the moral weight of leadership.

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(1) David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
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I Samuel 21:10I Samuel 21:11I Samuel 21:12I Samuel 21:13I Samuel 21:14I Samuel 21:15Psalms 34:1Psalms 57:1Joshua 12:15Joshua 15:35II Samuel 23:13II Samuel 23:14

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Judges 21:24

(2) And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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Judges 11:3Matthew 11:12Matthew 11:28Matthew 18:25Matthew 18:26Matthew 18:27Matthew 18:28Matthew 18:29Matthew 18:30Matthew 18:31Matthew 18:32Matthew 18:33

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32I Kings 11:24Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13

(3) And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
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Judges 11:29I Samuel 14:47Ruth 1:1Ruth 1:2Ruth 1:3Ruth 1:4Ruth 4:10Ruth 4:17Genesis 47:11Exodus 20:12Matthew 15:4Matthew 15:5

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Judges 11:18Isaiah 15:1Numbers 21:13Luke 12:53Numbers 22:3Ruth 1:6

(4) And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
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II Samuel 23:13II Samuel 23:14I Chronicles 12:16II Samuel 24:11I Chronicles 21:9I Chronicles 29:29II Chronicles 29:25I Samuel 23:1I Samuel 23:2I Samuel 23:3I Samuel 23:4I Samuel 23:5

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Judges 11:18Isaiah 15:1

(5) And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
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I Samuel 15:6Lamentations 4:15John 15:4Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(6) When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
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I Samuel 18:10I Samuel 19:9I Samuel 20:33

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(7) Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
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I Samuel 22:9I Samuel 22:13I Samuel 18:14I Samuel 20:27I Samuel 20:30I Samuel 25:10II Samuel 20:1I Kings 12:16Isaiah 11:1Isaiah 11:10I Samuel 8:14I Samuel 8:15

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Deuteronomy 1:15I Chronicles 28:1Numbers 31:48Numbers 31:14Numbers 31:52II Samuel 18:1

(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?
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I Samuel 20:2Job 33:16I Samuel 18:3I Samuel 20:8I Samuel 20:13I Samuel 20:14I Samuel 20:15I Samuel 20:16I Samuel 20:17I Samuel 20:30I Samuel 20:31I Samuel 20:32

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I Samuel 22:13

(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.
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I Samuel 21:7Psalms 52:1Psalms 52:2Psalms 52:3Psalms 52:4Psalms 52:5Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 29:12Ezekiel 22:9Matthew 26:59Matthew 26:60Matthew 26:61

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I Samuel 22:18Psalms 52:1I Samuel 22:11I Samuel 21:1

(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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I Samuel 22:13I Samuel 22:15I Samuel 23:2I Samuel 23:4I Samuel 23:12I Samuel 30:8Numbers 27:21I Samuel 21:6I Samuel 21:7I Samuel 21:8I Samuel 21:9

(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.
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Romans 3:15

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I Samuel 22:9I Samuel 21:1

(12) And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
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I Samuel 22:7I Samuel 22:13II Samuel 9:6Isaiah 65:1

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Isaiah 22:16

(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?
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I Samuel 22:8Psalms 119:69Amos 7:10Luke 23:2Luke 23:3Luke 23:4Luke 23:5

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(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?
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I Samuel 19:4I Samuel 19:5I Samuel 20:32I Samuel 24:11I Samuel 26:23II Samuel 22:23II Samuel 22:24II Samuel 22:25Proverbs 24:11Proverbs 24:12Proverbs 31:8Proverbs 31:9

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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(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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Genesis 20:5Genesis 20:6II Samuel 15:11II Corinthians 1:12I Peter 3:16I Peter 3:17I Samuel 25:36

(16) And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
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I Samuel 14:44I Samuel 20:31I Kings 18:4I Kings 19:2Proverbs 28:15Daniel 2:5Daniel 2:12Daniel 3:19Daniel 3:20Acts 12:19Deuteronomy 24:16Esther 3:6

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Leviticus 20:11Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 33:8

(17) And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
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I Samuel 8:11II Samuel 15:1I Kings 1:5I Samuel 22:13I Samuel 20:33I Samuel 25:17I Kings 18:4I Samuel 14:45Exodus 1:17II Kings 1:13II Kings 1:14Acts 4:19

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Ezekiel 33:11

(18) And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
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II Chronicles 24:21Hosea 5:11Hosea 7:3Micah 6:16Zephaniah 3:3Acts 26:10Acts 26:11I Samuel 2:30I Samuel 2:31I Samuel 2:32I Samuel 2:33I Samuel 2:36

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Ezekiel 48:16Matthew 25:20I Samuel 22:22Exodus 39:28Leviticus 16:4Judges 4:18

(19) And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
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I Samuel 22:9I Samuel 22:11I Samuel 21:1Nehemiah 11:32Isaiah 10:32I Samuel 15:3I Samuel 15:9Joshua 6:17Joshua 6:21Hosea 10:14James 2:13

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Joshua 8:24Genesis 12:16Exodus 22:1I Samuel 27:9I Chronicles 12:40Exodus 26:4

(20) And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
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I Samuel 23:6I Samuel 30:7II Samuel 20:25I Kings 2:26I Kings 2:27I Samuel 2:33I Samuel 4:12Job 1:15Job 1:16Job 1:17Job 1:19

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I Samuel 23:6II Samuel 8:17

(21) And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.
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Ezekiel 32:25

(22) And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
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I Samuel 21:1I Samuel 21:2I Samuel 21:3I Samuel 21:4I Samuel 21:5I Samuel 21:6I Samuel 21:7I Samuel 21:8I Samuel 21:9Psalms 44:22

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I Samuel 22:18Leviticus 20:11Jeremiah 44:25

(23) Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
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I Kings 2:26Matthew 24:9John 15:20John 16:2John 16:3Hebrews 12:1Hebrews 12:2Hebrews 12:3John 10:28John 10:29John 10:30John 17:12

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Proverbs 11:27John 7:18I Samuel 19:2John 15:4

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