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


In Context

13 Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?"

14 Ahimelech answered the king, "Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?

15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father's family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair."

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

17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: "Turn and kill the priests of the Lord , because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me." But the king's officials were not willing to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord .

18 The king then ordered Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests." So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

1st Samuel 22:16 in Other Translations

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.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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