Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For you will be safe with me.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
- BSB Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”
- NKJV Stay with me; do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe.”
- NASB Stay with me; do not be afraid, even though he who is seeking my life is seeking your life. For you are safe with me.”
- NLT 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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Quick answer
David offers Abiathar refuge and protection, sharing a common enemy in Saul.
Overview
David reassures the frightened Abiathar, promising him safety since the one who seeks David's life seeks his as well. His pledge of protection gives the surviving priest a secure place within his band. This act of shelter pictures the refuge believers find in Christ, who keeps safe all who flee to Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 10:28–30I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- 1 Kgs 2:26To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord Yahweh’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”
- Heb 12:1–3Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- John 18:9that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”
- John 15:20Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
- Matt 24:9Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
- John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
- John 16:2–3They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
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