16And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.


In Context

13 And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing to his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of the LORD.

18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 22:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:16But the king said, "You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and your father's whole family."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said: Dying thou shalt die, Achimelech, thou and all thy father's house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And the king saith, 'Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.'

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16The king said, |You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.|