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1 Samuel 22:12

Then Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." He replied, "Here I am [at your service], my lord."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abiathar;   Accusation, False;   Ahijah;   Ahimelech;   Ahitub;   Falsehood;   Government;   Holy Spirit;   Malice;   Rulers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Ahimelech;   Nob;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eli;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahimelech;   Mizpah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Nob;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Crimes and Punishments;   High Priest;   Nob;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Doeg;   Nob;   Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahimelech ;   Ahitub ;   Doeg ;   Nob;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ahitub;   Doeg;   Nob;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ahim'elech;   Law of Moses;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Prescience;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahimelech;   Ahitub;   Jesse;   Judge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abner;   Ahimelech;   Ahitub;   Treason;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub!”
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul said, Hear now, you son of Achituv. He answered, Here I am, my lord.
King James Version
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Lexham English Bible
Saul said, "Listen please, son of Ahitub." He said, "Here I am, my lord."
English Standard Version
And Saul said, "Hear now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."
New Century Version
Saul said to Ahimelech, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." Ahimelech answered, "Yes, master."
New English Translation
Then Saul said, "Listen, son of Ahitub." He replied, "Here I am, my lord."
New American Standard Bible
Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he replied, "Here I am, my lord."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Saul said, Heare now thou sonne of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."
Contemporary English Version
Saul told them, "Listen to me, you son of Ahitub." "Certainly, Your Majesty," Ahimelech answered.
Complete Jewish Bible
Sha'ul said, "Listen here, you son of Achituv!" He answered, "Here I am, my lord."
Darby Translation
And Saul said, Hear now, son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul said to Ahimelech, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." Ahimelech answered, "Yes, sir."
George Lamsa Translation
And Saul said, Hear now, I beseech you, son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Good News Translation
Saul said to Ahimelech, "Listen, Ahimelech!" "At your service, sir," he answered.
Literal Translation
And Saul said, Now hear, son of Ahitub. And he said, I am here, my lord.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Saul sayde: Heare thou sonne of Achitob. He saide: Here am I my lorde.
American Standard Version
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Bible in Basic English
And Saul said, Give ear now, O son of Ahitub. And answering he said, Here I am, my lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Saul sayde: Heare nowe thou sonne of Ahitob. He aunswered: Here I am, my lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul said: 'Hear now, thou son of Ahitub.' And he answered: 'Here I am, my lord.'
King James Version (1611)
And Saul said, Heare now thou sonne of Ahitub: and hee answered, Here I am, my lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitob. And he said, Lo! I am here, speak, my lord.
English Revised Version
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Berean Standard Bible
"Listen now, son of Ahitub," said Saul. "Here I am, my lord," he replied.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Saul seide to Achymelech, Here, thou sone of Achitob.
Young's Literal Translation
and Saul saith, `Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;' and he saith, `Here [am] I, my lord.'
Update Bible Version
And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I [am], my lord.
World English Bible
Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He answered, Here I am, my lord.
New King James Version
And Saul said, "Hear now, son of Ahitub!" He answered, "Here I am, my lord."
New Living Translation
When they arrived, Saul shouted at him, "Listen to me, you son of Ahitub!" "What is it, my king?" Ahimelech asked.
New Life Bible
Saul said, "Hear now, son of Ahitub." He answered, "Here I am, my lord."
New Revised Standard
Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." He answered, "Here I am, my lord."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul said, Hear, I pray thee, thou son of Ahitub! And he said - Behold me! my lord.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul said to Achimelech: Hear, thou son of Achitob. He answered: Here I am, my lord.
Revised Standard Version
And Saul said, "Hear now, son of Ahi'tub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."
THE MESSAGE
Saul said, "You listen to me, son of Ahitub!" "Certainly, master," he said.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."

Contextual Overview

6But Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. Now Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the high place with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him. 7Saul said to his servants who were standing around him, "Listen now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give every one of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and hundreds? 8"For all of you have conspired against me so that no one informs me when my son [Jonathan] makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you cares about me or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as he does this day?" 9Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's servants, replied, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech [the priest] the son of Ahitub. 10"Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine." 11Then the king sent someone to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who were at Nob; and all of them came to the king. 12Then Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." He replied, "Here I am [at your service], my lord."13Saul said to him, "Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so he would rebel against me by lying in ambush, as he does this day?" 14Then Ahimelech answered the king, "And who among all your servants is as faithful and trustworthy as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and who is captain over your guard [and your confidant], and is honored in your house? 15"Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute any guilt to his servant or to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing at all about this entire matter."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou son: 1 Samuel 22:7, 1 Samuel 22:13

Here I am: Heb. Behold me, 2 Samuel 9:6, Isaiah 65:1

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:7 - Here am I Job 38:35 - Here we are Psalms 94:20 - throne Matthew 5:22 - That

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 22:2
God said, "Take now your son, your only son [of promise], whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
Genesis 22:6
Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (firepot) in his own hand and the [sacrificial] knife; and the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:8
Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself a lamb for the burnt offering." So the two walked on together.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]."
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering (ascending sacrifice) instead of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 22:22
Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul said, hear now, thou son of Ahitub,.... The charge exhibited against him; in contempt of him, he does not so much as call him by his name, nor give him the title of his office, as high priest; though he was the second person in the kingdom, and to whose office a few years ago the civil government was annexed:

and he answered, here I [am], my lord; giving due honour to Saul, though he received none from him, and appearing with great boldness, as having a clear conscience, and so ready to hear what was to be said unto him.


 
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