Kings I 22:16

16 And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

Kings I 22:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:16

And the king said unto him, how many times shall I adjure
thee
Not that he had as yet adjured him at all, or not till now; but he asks him how often he must be obliged to do it; and now he adjures him once for all, that he might not be forced to repeat it:

that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the
Lord?
for he observed he did not speak in the name of the Lord before, and what he said was not in a serious but ludicrous manner, and not to be regarded as truth.

Kings I 22:16 In-Context

14 And he answered the king, and said, And who there among all thy servants faithful as David, and a son-in-law of the king, and executor of all thy commands, and honourable in thy house?

15 Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against thee whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

16 And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

17 And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord.

18 And the king said to Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.