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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
CHAPTER 22
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH
ABIATHAR BIBLE TRAGEDY
Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Daily Bread study program. This is our Doeg the Edomite Kills Priest Ahimelech Bible study taking a look into the Abiathar Bible Story and how the absolutely powerful Ahimelech and Abiathar Bible message within affects your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
CHAPTER
22
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH THE PRIEST
ABIATHAR BIBLE CONCERNS
Happy you're back for the continuation of our story about David. In hopes to find
refuge from king Saul, who wanted David dead, he fled to Gath, but it was
occupied by Philistines, so he left there and went to a cave in Adullam, which
was about 13 miles east, northeast of Gath.
You'll find that
David hid in caves a number of times from Saul over the years that he was being
pursued by him. In Psalm 142,
you can read a prayer that David wrote to the Lord while he was in hiding at one
of those times.
When his family and
others who were disgruntled with Saul for one reason or another, learned where
David was (about 400 people in all), they joined him and became his followers.
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH IN COLD BLOOD
ABIATHAR BIBLE WARNING
From there, David
took his mom and pop to Moab and asked the king of Moab if they could remain
there until he was sure of what God's plan was for him, and the king of Moab
obliged them.
Now, why would the
king of Moab agree to protect David's folks, since the Moabites and the Hebrews
weren't exactly allies? Actually, that may have been the best reason ... David
was considered an enemy of Saul's, so perhaps the king of Moab, knowing how
mighty David was from his reputation, thought it might be in his best interest
to befriend any enemy of the king of Israel.
Next, the prophet
Gad told David to leave the cave at Adullam and go into Judah, so he went to the
forest of Hareth.
Meanwhile, Saul,
back in Gibeah, learned that David had a band of loyal men who had joined him
and he found out where they were. So Saul had a little chat with his own men,
who he was suspicious of not being as loyal as he had hoped.
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH TRUTH
ABIATHAR BIBLE DANGER
He asked them if
they thought David would be as generous to them as he had been, giving them land
and making them captains in his army, and he accused them, since none of them
confessed that Jonathan was involved in conspiring against him, of all being
conspirators.
Well, just then, Doeg spoke up and said,
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1
Samuel 22:9-10
I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And
he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the
sword of Goliath the Philistine. |
So, Saul had Ahimelech and all the
priests in Nob brought to him and said to Ahimelech, Why have you conspired with
David against me and given him bread and a sword, and inquired of God on his
behalf?
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH FOR SAUL
ABIATHAR BIBLE CALAMITY
Ahimelech answered that he didn't know that David was his enemy,
but that since he was his son-in-law, a faithful servant and captain over a
thousand of his soldiers, he assumed that he was doing the king a favor in
helping David carry out a secret mission for the king.
Ahimelech asked
Saul not to hold him or any of his family accountable for wrongdoing since he
was unaware of David's motives.
But Saul wasn't persuaded, being his disdain for David was so great and ordered that Ahimelech
and all the priests of the Lord be killed, maintaining that they had all
conspired against him. But the king's servants were afraid to kill the priests
of the Lord, so Saul ordered Doeg to kill them ...
Remember that Doeg wasn't
Hebrew, but an Edomite, so it made no nevermind to him. So he killed them all
and also went to Nob and killed all that were there as well ... Men, women,
babies, children and animals alike. Only one of the sons of Ahimelech escaped
alive, which was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH BRINGS TEARS
ABIATHAR BIBLE SADNESS
Abiathar told David all that had happened and David said that he knew that day
when he saw Doeg, that he would certainly tell Saul, and he blamed
himself for the death of all of Abiathar's family.
So David invited
Abiathar to remain with him, being that it would be a safer place than anywhere
else he could have gone.
Be sure to read
Psalm 52 which David wrote at the time when Doeg disclosed to Saul that
David was with Ahimelech. Probably many of you Daily Bread Heads have read all
the Psalms before, but may have had a hard time relating to some of them,
because just like some songs you hear, the words may rhyme and the song may have
a good beat and a catchy tune, but practically nobody can really understand what
it means, unless the writer of the lyrics explains it. After reading the story
of what Doeg did, David's Psalm makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?
DOEG THE EDOMITE KILLS AHIMELECH SUMMARY
ABIATHAR BIBLE CONCLUSION
Now here is an
interesting thing ... We discussed this in the last chapter about the bloodline
of Ahimelech. When Eli's sons sinned against the Lord, a prophet of God told Eli
that He would cut off his father's house (1
Samuel 2:31-35). And now there is only one left of that family.
Things are sure heating up in our story aren't they? Come on back soon and we'll share
more, right here at Daily Bread.
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