1Sa 22:10 | KingComments | STEP | The servants may keep silent; there is one who does not keep silent, and that is Doeg the Edomite. He will show that he good intentions toward Saul. Doeg tells Saul what he was an eyewitness to. In response to that, Saul lets Ahimelech come. Saul hears him, but not as it should be. The hearing is an accusation. The accusation is that Ahimelech helped a rebel to bread and a sword and also that he inquired of God for him. Then you are guilty of high treason, you are guilty of a coup d’état. Saul is already sure what he will do, he has already passed judgment. Ahimelech puts himself on the side of Saul in his giving account. In his ignorance he defends David. He does not care much about David, but he wants to be neutral. There is nothing that Saul can charge him with, so he means. He indeed did not know that David was fleeing from Saul. All he has heard about David is that he faithfully serves Saul, is in a close family relationship with Saul, and that he obediently does what Saul asks of him. Is David not honored in the house of Saul? Surely, he can only see it as his duty to help David. By speaking of David in this way he gives a good testimony of him. But this is exactly what Saul hates so much. It only increases his anger.

‏ 1 Samuel 22:10

Achimelech Called to Account

The servants may keep silent; there is one who does not keep silent, and that is Doeg the Edomite. He will show that he good intentions toward Saul. Doeg tells Saul what he was an eyewitness to. In response to that, Saul lets Ahimelech come. Saul hears him, but not as it should be. The hearing is an accusation. The accusation is that Ahimelech helped a rebel to bread and a sword and also that he inquired of God for him. Then you are guilty of high treason, you are guilty of a coup d’état. Saul is already sure what he will do, he has already passed judgment.

Ahimelech puts himself on the side of Saul in his giving account. In his ignorance he defends David. He does not care much about David, but he wants to be neutral. There is nothing that Saul can charge him with, so he means. He indeed did not know that David was fleeing from Saul. All he has heard about David is that he faithfully serves Saul, is in a close family relationship with Saul, and that he obediently does what Saul asks of him. Is David not honored in the house of Saul? Surely, he can only see it as his duty to help David. By speaking of David in this way he gives a good testimony of him. But this is exactly what Saul hates so much. It only increases his anger.