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21And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.

1 Samuel 22:21

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 20-23)

Here is, 1. The escape of Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, out of the desolations of the priests’ city. Probably when his father went to appear, upon Saul’s summons, he was left at home to attend the altar, by which means he escaped the first execution, and, before Doeg and his bloodhounds came to Nob, he had intelligence of the danger, and had time to shift for his own safety. And whither should h...

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