20 23. Abiathar’s escape to David<\/p>\n
20<\/strong>. Abiathar<\/em> ] Possibly Abiathar had remained at Nob in charge of the Tabernacle, and got timely warning of the approach of Doeg’s ruffians. Henceforward he was the companion of David’s wanderings, and helped him by “inquiring of the Lord” for him (1Sa 23:9<\/span>, 1Sa 30:7<\/span>; 2Sa 2:1<\/span>, &c.). He held the office of high-priest till the close of David’s reign, when by some strange infatuation, after remaining faithful through Absalom’s rebellion, and “being afflicted in all wherein David was afflicted,” he took part in Adonijah’s rebellion, and was in consequence deposed by Solomon (1Ki 2:26-27<\/span>).<\/p>\n Abiathar – <\/B>He may have remained at Nob to take care of the sanctuary when the other priests went to Saul, and so escaped. He continued Davids faithful friend throughout his reign 1Sa 23:9<\/U><\/span>; 1Sa 30:7<\/span>; 2Sa 15:24<\/span>, 2Sa 15:29<\/U><\/span>, 2Sa 15:35<\/span>, but gave offence by taking Adonijahs part against Solomon 1Ki 1:7<\/U><\/span>, 1Ki 1:19<\/span>, 1Ki 1:42<\/span>, and in consequence was deprived of the high priesthood 1Ki 2:26-27<\/span>. In Mar 2:26<\/span>, he is spoken of as the High Priest who gave the showbread to David. Perhaps he was the instigator of this act of kindness to David; and for this cause, as well as his constancy to David, is mentioned by our Lord instead of Ahimelech. It is also possible that, as sagan to his father, he may have performed most of the priestly functions, as Hophni and Phinehas did in the lifetime of Eli. Abiathar did not actually join David until he went to Keilah (marginal reference).<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 20<\/span>. Abiathar, escaped<\/B><\/I>] This man carried with him his sacerdotal garments<\/I>, as we find from 1Sa 23:6<\/span>; 1Sa 23:9<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Abiathar, <\/B>by his fathers death, was now high priest, <\/P> Fled after David, <\/B>to Keilah, 1Sa 23:6<\/span>,7<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 20-23. one of the sons of Ahimelech. . . escaped<\/B>This was Abiathar, who repaired to David in theforest of Hareth, rescuing, with his own life, the high priest’svestments (1Sa 23:6<\/span>; 1Sa 23:9<\/span>).On hearing his sad tale, David declared that he had dreaded such afatal result from the malice and intriguing ambition of Doeg; and,accusing himself as having been the occasion of all the disaster toAbiathar’s family, David invited him to remain, because, firmlytrusting himself in the accomplishment of the divine promise, Davidcould guarantee protection to him.<\/P><\/p>\n And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped<\/strong>,…. Who very probably was left by his father to take care of the sanctuary, and the holy things in it, when he and the rest of the priests were summoned to appear before Saul; who having heard of his bloody execution of them, before his messengers could get to Nob, took, the ephod, with the Urim and Thummim, and made his escape, as appears from 1Sa 23:6<\/span>; this man succeeded his father in the high priesthood, and continued in it until the times of Solomon:<\/p>\n and fled after David<\/strong>; who was now removed, or removing from the forest of Hareth to Keilah, whither Abiathar followed him, and came to him there, 1Sa 23:6<\/span>, and with whom only he could be safe, and therefore it was right to flee unto him.<\/p>\n The only one of the whole body of priests who escaped this bloody death was a son of Ahimelech, named Abiathar, who “ fled after David<\/em>,” i.e., to David the fugitive, and informed him of the barbarous vengeance which Saul had taken upon the priests of the Lord. Then David recognised and confessed his guilt. “ I knew that day that the Edomite Doeg was there, that he<\/em> (i.e., that as the Edomite Doeg was there, he) would tell Saul: I am the cause of all the souls of thy father’s house<\/em>,” i.e., of their death. is used here in the sense of being the cause of a thing, which is one of the meanings of the verb in the Arabic and Talmudic (vid., Ges.<\/em> Lex. s. v.<\/em>). “ Stay with me, fear not; for he who seeks my life seeks thy life: for thou art safe with me<\/em>.” The abstract mishmereth<\/em>, protection, keeping ( Exo 12:6<\/span>; Exo 16:33-34<\/span>), is used for the concrete, in the sense of protected, well kept. The thought is the following: As no other is seeking thy life than Saul, who also wants to kill me, thou mayest stay with me without fear, as I am sure of divine protection. David spoke thus in the firm belief that the Lord would deliver him from his foe, and give him the kingdom. The action of Saul, which had just been reported to him, could only strengthen him in this belief, as it was a sign of the growing hardness of Saul, which must accelerate his destruction.<\/p>\n Abiathar’s Escape.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/span><\/P> <\/TD> B. C.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> 1057.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE> 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD<\/B>‘s priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it<\/I> that day, when Doeg the Edomite was<\/I> there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death<\/I> of all the persons of thy father’s house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be<\/I> in safeguard.<\/P> 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 he go but to David? v.<\/I><\/span> 20<\/span>. Let those that suffer for the Son of David commit the keeping of their souls to him,<\/I> 1 Pet. iv. 19<\/I><\/span>. 2. David’s resentment of the melancholy tidings he brought. He gave David an account of the bloody work Saul had made among the priests of the Lord (v.<\/I><\/span> 21<\/span>), as the disciples of John, when their master was beheaded, went and told Jesus,<\/I> Matt. xiv. 12<\/I><\/span>. And David greatly lamented the calamity itself, but especially his being accessory to it: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house,<\/I> v.<\/span> 22<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. Note, It is a great trouble to a good man to find himself in any way an occasion of the calamities of the church and ministry. David knew Doeg’s character so well that he feared he would do some such mischief as this when he saw him at the sanctuary: I knew he would tell Saul.<\/I> He calls him Doeg the Edomite,<\/I> because he retained the heart of an Edomite, though, by embracing the profession of the Jewish religion, he had put on the mask of an Israelite. 3. The protection he granted to Abiathar. He perceived him to be terrified, as he had reason to be, and therefore bade him not to fear, he would be as careful for him as for himself: With me thou shalt be in safeguard,<\/I> v.<\/span> 23<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. David, having now time to recollect himself, speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar shall have the full benefit of his protection. It is promised to the Son of David that God will hide him in the shadow of his hand<\/I> (Isa. xlix. 2<\/span>), and, with him, all that are his may be sure that they shall be in safeguard, Ps. xci. 1<\/span>. David had now not only a prophet, but a priest, a high-priest, with him, to whom he was a blessing and they to him, and both a happy omen of his success. Yet it appears (by ch.<\/I><\/span> xxviii. 6<\/span>) that Saul had a high priest too, for he had a urim to consult: it is supposed that he preferred Ahitub the father of Zadok, of the family of Eleazar (1 Chron. vi. 8<\/span>), for even those that hate the power of godliness yet will not be without the form. It must not be forgotten here that David at this time penned Psalm lii.<\/span>, as appears by the title of that psalm, wherein he represents Doeg not only as malicious and spiteful, but as false and deceitful, because though what he said was, for the substance of it, true, yet he put false colours upon it, with a design to do mischief. Yet even then, when the priesthood had become as a withered branch, he looks upon himself as a green olive-tree in the house of God,<\/I> Ps. lii. 8<\/I><\/span>. In this great hurry and distraction that David was continually in, yet he found both time and a heart for communion with God, and found comfort in it.<\/P><\/p>\n (20) Abiathar.<\/strong>Of those who dwelt at Nob, only one single priest, Abiathar, Ahimelechs son, seems to have escaped this general massacre. It has been suggested that when his father and the whole body of priests went to Gibeah, in accordance with the summons of King Saul, Abiathar remained behind to perform the necessary functions in the sanctuary, and when he heard of the death of his father and his brother priests, he made his escape, and eventually joined David. The exact period of his coming to the exiled band under David is uncertain; in many of the recitals in this Book no note of time is given. It is, therefore, probable that the meeting and interview with Davidrelated in 1Sa. 22:20<\/span> and following versesdid not take place immediately after the massacre at Gibeah, nor even directly after the destruction of Nob. From the statement in 1Sa. 22:6<\/span> of 1 Samuel 23<\/span>, it would appear that Abiathar only joined David at Keilah. From that time, however, Abiathar, who became after his fathers death high priest, occupies an important place in the story of Davids life. Throughout his reign he continued his faithful friend, and seems to have been a worthy holder of his important office. The close of his life, however, was a melancholy one. In the troubles which arose about the succession, in the last days of Davids reign, he espoused the side of Adonijah, and was in consequence deposed by the successful Solomon from the high priesthood, and sent into banishment to Anathoth. (See 1Ki. 2:26<\/span>.)<\/p>\n ABIATHAR’S ESCAPE, 1Sa 22:20-23<\/span>.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> Escaped and fled after David <\/strong> This occurred probably at the time David was in the forest of Hareth. Abiathar continued with David during all his wanderings, received divine communications for him, (1Sa 23:2<\/span>; 1Sa 30:8 ; 2Sa 2:1<\/span>,) and remained in honour until deposed by Solomon. 1Ki 2:26<\/span>.<\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.’ <\/p>\n One of the sons of Ahimelech, however, somehow escaped and ‘fled after David’. His name was Abiathar. He was becoming a refugee like David, and would later become David’s High Priest, before losing his status in the time of Solomon when he took part in the rebellion of Adonijah. <\/p>\n (20) And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The flight of Abiathar to David, should serve to teach every persecuted soul that Jesus, the Son of David, must be fled to in all seasons of distress. It is he which receiveth the sinner under the threatened pursuit of law and justice, and affords shelter in his righteousness against all their claims.<\/p>\n 1Sa 22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. And one of the sons of Ahimelech.<\/strong> ] So Merlin the admiral’s chaplain, was by a strange providence preserved in the Parisian massacre, and nourished for serveral days in a hay mow, by a hen that laid her eggs there.<\/p>\n Abiathar, escaped. Saul thus caused the transfer of the High Priest, with the Urim and Thummim, to David. <\/p>\n one: 1Sa 23:6, 1Sa 30:7, 2Sa 20:25, 1Ki 2:26, 1Ki 2:27 <\/p>\n escaped: 1Sa 2:33, 1Sa 4:12, Job 1:15-17, Job 1:19 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Sa 14:3 – Ahiah 1Ki 1:7 – Abiathar 1Ch 15:11 – Zadok Mar 2:26 – Abiathar<\/p>\n 1Sa 22:20. Abiathar escaped and fled after David He, by his fathers death, was now high-priest, and is the person referred to Mar 2:26, where we find him described by an office which he did not bear till after the event alluded to, Ahimelech, as we have seen, being high-priest when David took the show-bread.<\/p>\n In what has been just related we have a remarkable instance of Gods turning the worst devices of the wicked to the purposes of his providence; for in all this was fulfilled the threatening denounced by the Lord against the house of Eli; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not; see 1Sa 2:31; and 1Sa 3:13. <\/p>\n 22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, {l} escaped, and fled after David.<\/p>\n (l) This was God’s providence, who according to his promise preserved some of the house of Eli, 1Sa 2:33.<\/p>\n And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 20 23. Abiathar’s escape to David 20. Abiathar ] Possibly Abiathar had remained at Nob in charge of the Tabernacle, and got timely warning of the approach of Doeg’s ruffians. 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