Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

General references

Bible References

And who

1 Samuel 19:4
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “May the king not sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you.
1 Samuel 20:32
Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why must he be put to death? What has he done?”
1 Samuel 24:11
Look, my father! Indeed, see the hem of your robe in my hand! Since I cut off the hem of your robe and did not kill you, know and understand [without question] that there is no evil or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait to take my life.
1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
2 Samuel 22:23

“For all His judgments (legal decisions) were before me,
And from His statutes I did not turn aside.
Proverbs 24:11

Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!
Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for the mute,
For the rights of all who are unfortunate and defenseless;

The king's

1 Samuel 22:13
Saul said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so he would rebel against me by lying in ambush, as he does this day?”
1 Samuel 17:25
The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. The king will reward the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter [in marriage] and make his father’s house (family) free [from taxes and service] in Israel.”
1 Samuel 18:27
David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred Philistine men, and David brought their foreskins [as proof of death] and presented every one of them to the king, so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal, his [younger] daughter, as a wife.

Goeth

1 Samuel 18:13
So Saul had David removed from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he publicly associated with the people.
1 Samuel 21:2
David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has told me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter for which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you. I have directed the young men to a certain place.’

General references

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring
Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.