16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-19)We have seen the progress of David’s troubles; now here we have the progress of Saul’s wickedness. He seems to have laid aside the thoughts of all other business and to have devoted himself wholly to the pursuit of David. He heard at length, by the common fame of the country, that David was discovered (that is, that he appeared publicly and enlisted men into his service); and hereupon he called al…
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