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1 Samuel 22:17

Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.”

But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

1 Samuel 22:17 BSB

1 Samuel 22:17 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 1:17 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 14:45 (3 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 1 to James 3.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 22:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Exodus 1:175 votes

    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

  2. 1 Samuel 14:453 votes

    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

  3. 2 Kings 1:13–142 votes

    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight. Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”

  4. 1 Samuel 8:111 vote

    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.

  5. 1 Samuel 20:331 vote

    Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

  6. 1 Samuel 22:131 vote

    And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”

  7. 1 Samuel 25:171 vote

    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

  8. 2 Samuel 15:11 vote

    Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

  9. 1 Kings 1:51 vote

    At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

  10. 1 Kings 18:41 vote

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

  11. 2 Kings 10:251 vote
  12. Acts 4:191 vote

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 22:17?

The 10 strongest of 27.