1 Samuel 22:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.”
1 Samuel 22:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 22:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 22:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.”
1 Samuel 22:20 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 22:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. ”
1 Samuel 22:20 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 22:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Abiathar, and he fleeth after David,”
1 Samuel 22:20 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 22:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. ”
1 Samuel 22:20 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 22:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But one of the sonnes of Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitub (whose name was Abiathar) escaped and fled after Dauid.”
1 Samuel 22:20 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 22:20 in Context — 1 Samuel 22
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.
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.
20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord’s priests.
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.
What Does 1 Samuel 22:20 Mean?
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