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New Century Version

1 Samuel 22:12

Saul said to Ahimelech, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." Ahimelech answered, "Yes, master."

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

6 Saul heard that David and his men had been seen. Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, and all his officers were standing around him. He had a spear in his hand. 7 Saul said to them, "Listen, men of Benjamin! Do you think the son of Jesse will give all of you fields and vineyards? Will David make you commanders over thousands of men or hundreds of men? 8 You have all made plans against me! No one tells me when my son makes an agreement with the son of Jesse! No one cares about me! No one tells me when my son has encouraged my servant to ambush me this very day!" 9 Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul's officers, said, "I saw the son of Jesse. He came to see Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 Ahimelech prayed to the Lord for David and gave him food and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." 11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and for all of Ahimelech's relatives who were priests at Nob. And they all came to the king. 12 Saul said to Ahimelech, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." Ahimelech answered, "Yes, master." 13 Saul said, "Why are you and Jesse's son against me? You gave him bread and a sword! You prayed to God for him. David has turned against me and is waiting to attack me even now!" 14 Ahimelech answered, "You have no other servant who is as loyal as David, your own son-in-law and captain of your bodyguards. Everyone in your house respects him. 15 That was not the first time I prayed to God for David. Don't blame me or any of my relatives. I, your servant, know nothing about what is going on."

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
Then Abraham answered, "I thought no one in this place respected God and that someone would kill me to get Sarah.
Genesis 22:2
Then God said, "Take your only son, Isaac, the son you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Kill him there and offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and gave it to his son to carry, but he himself took the knife and the fire. So he and his son went on together.
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God will give us the lamb for the sacrifice, my son." So Abraham and his son went on together
Genesis 22:9
and came to the place God had told him about. Abraham built an altar there. He laid the wood on it and then tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the wood on the altar.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham took his knife and was about to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
The angel said, "Don't kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you trust God and that you have not kept your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked up and saw a male sheep caught in a bush by its horns. So Abraham went and took the sheep and killed it. He offered it as a whole burnt offering to God, and his son was saved.
Genesis 22:21
The first son is Uz, and the second is Buz. The third son is Kemuel (the father of Aram).
Genesis 22:22
Then there are Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, 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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