Can We Really “Bless the Lord at All Times” as Psalm 34 Says?
Bethany Verrett
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1 Samuel 22:21
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When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD,
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1 Samuel 22:21 Meaning and Commentary
1 Samuel 22:21
And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the Lord's
priests.
] Of which perhaps he had not as yet heard; though tidings of such a nature generally fly swiftly; and a sorrowful shocking account he had to give, and which was so to David.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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1 Samuel 22:21 In-Context
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Then he went to Nob, the town of the priests, and killed the priests’ families—men and women, children and babies—and all the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.
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Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.
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When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD,
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David exclaimed, “I knew it! When I saw Doeg the Edomite there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father’s family.
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Stay here with me, and don’t be afraid. I will protect you with my own life, for the same person wants to kill us both.”
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