1 Samuel 22:15

15 Porventura é de hoje que comecei a consultar por ele a Deus? Longe de mim tal coisa! Não impute o rei coisa nenhuma a mim seu servo, nem a toda a casa de meu pai, pois o teu servo não soube nada de tudo isso, nem muito nem pouco.

1 Samuel 22:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 22:15

Did I then begin to inquire of God for him?
&c.] Was this the first time of inquiring of God for him? no; I have done this many a time, when he has been going upon the king's business, engaging in war with his enemies; he has then consulted the Lord by me, and I have inquired of the Lord for him, as I now did; and which I did as innocently, and as much for the king's service, as ever I did any. Kimchi observes it may be read without the interrogation, "that day I began to inquire of God for him"; it was the first time I ever did, and I did not know it would have been grievous to thee, or have given thee any disturbance or uneasiness. I did not know that he fled from thee, or was not in thy service, and upon thy business; had I known it, I would never have done it, and as it is the first time it shall be the last: be it far from me;
from doing such a thing, had I known it to be disagreeable to thee, or how David stood with thee: let not the king impute [any] thing unto his servant, [nor] to all the
house of my father;
charge me or them with the crime of treason, or conspiracy against him, or with aiding:, assisting, and abetting traitors and conspirators: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more;
was entirely ignorant of this affair; which plain, honest, account of things, one might have thought, would have been satisfying to Saul; but it seems it was not by what follows.

1 Samuel 22:15 In-Context

13 Então lhe perguntou Saul: Por que conspirastes contra mim, tu e o filho de Jessé, pois deste lhe pão e espada, e consultaste por ele a Deus, para que ele se levantasse contra mim a armar-me ciladas, como se vê neste dia?

14 Ao que respondeu Aimeleque ao rei dizendo: Quem há, entre todos os teus servos, tão fiel como Davi, o genro do rei, chefe da tua guarda, e honrado na tua casa?

15 Porventura é de hoje que comecei a consultar por ele a Deus? Longe de mim tal coisa! Não impute o rei coisa nenhuma a mim seu servo, nem a toda a casa de meu pai, pois o teu servo não soube nada de tudo isso, nem muito nem pouco.

16 O rei, porém, disse: Hás de morrer, Aimeleque, tu e toda a casa de teu pai.

17 E disse o rei aos da sua guarda que estavam com ele: Virai-vos, e matai os sacerdotes do Senhor, porque também a mão deles está com Davi, e porque sabiam que ele fugia e não mo fizeram saber. Mas os servos do rei não quiseram estender as suas mãos para arremeter contra os sacerdotes do Senhor.