1 Samuel 22:9-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:6-19

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 all his servants about him, and sat down under a tree, or grove, in the high place at Gibeah, with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:9

Then answered Doeg the Edomite ,.... Josephus F4 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 12. sect. 1, 4. calls him a Syrian, and so the Septuagint version; see 1 Samuel 21:7 ; being full of enmity to David, and willing to curry favour with Saul, and eager of further preferment, which Saul seemed to promise; and being more forward than the rest of his servants, prevented them and spoke first: (which was set over the servants of Saul) : over his herdsmen; see 1 Samuel 21:7 , and said, I saw the son... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:10

And he inquired of the Lord for him ,.... Which not being expressed before, some have taken it to be a lie of Doeg's, he being charged with lying by David, Psalm 52:3 ; but it is not at all improbable that David should desire him to inquire of the Lord for him, and that he did; and he seems to acknowledge it, 1 Samuel 22:15 ; but according to the Jewish writers Doeg meant by this to prove a charge of treason both against David and Ahimelech; that the former made himself king, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:11

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub ,.... Sent messengers to him, and summoned him to appear before him: and all his father's house ; the family of Eli, which God had threatened to destroy, and now the time was hastening on: the priests that were in Nob ; in which dwelt none but priests, at least these were the chief of the inhabitants, and therefore called the city of the priests, 1 Samuel 22:19 , and they came all of them to the king ; not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:12

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 22:9

Doeg the Edomite , which was set over the servants of Saul - In 1 Samuel 21:7 ; he is said to be the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul, and the Septuagint intimate that he was over the mules of Saul. Probably he was what we call the king's equery or groom. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 22:10

And he inquired of the Lord for him - This circumstance is not related in history; but it is probably true, as David would most naturally wish to know where to direct his steps in this very important crisis. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:6-16

Resistance to God's purposes. The facts are— 1 . Saul, hearing at Gibeah of David's movements, makes an appeal to his Benjamite attendants. 2 . He insinuates the existence of secret designs against himself, connivance at David's supposed purpose, and lack of pity for his condition. 3 . Thereupon Doeg the Edomite relates what he saw at Nob, and makes the statement that the high priest inquired of the Lord for David. 4 . Saul sends for Ahimelech and charges him with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:9-10

Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul. This translation is entirely wrong, nor would Saul's Benjamites have endured to have an Edomite set over them. The verb is that used in 1 Samuel 22:6 , and refers simply to Doeg's place in the circle of attendants standing round Saul. The words mean, "Doeg the Edomite, who stood there with the servants of Saul." As chief herdsman he was present as a person of some importance, but far below "the captains of thousands and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:11-13

All his father's house. Doeg's suggestion that the priests were David's allies at once arouses all Saul's worst passions. As if he had determined from the first upon the massacre of the whole body, he sends not merely for Ahimelech, but forevery priest at Nob. Shortly afterwards they arrived, for Nob was close to Gibeah, and Saul himself arraigns them before the court for treason, and recapitulates the three points mentioned by Doeg as conclusive proofs of their guilt. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:6-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 22:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 22:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:6-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 22:11-13

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