1st Samuel Chapter 22 verse 18 Holy Bible
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
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Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.
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And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
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And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
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And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that wore a linen ephod.
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The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
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And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) And Doeg the Edomite . . . fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons.--No doubt, assisted by his own attached servants, Doeg carried out this deed of unexampled barbarity. For this act the Edomite servant of Saul has been execrated in the most ancient Jewish writings perhaps above any other of the famous wicked men who meet us in the Holy Scriptures. For instance, we read in the Babylonian Talmud how "Doeg the Edomite, after his massacre of the priests, was encountered by three destructive demons. One deprived him of his learning (concerning which see above, in Note on 1Samuel 22:9), a second burned his soul, and a third scattered his dust in the synagogues"--Treatise Sanhedrin, fol. 106, Colossians 2. The Babylonian Talmud has a still more curious comment on the iniquity of Doeg, in which David is bitterly reproached by the Most High for being the cause of Doeg's great sin and its terrible consequences. "Rav Yehudah recorded that Rav had said . . . The Holy One, blessed be He! had said to David, How long shall this iniquity cling to thee? Through thee the priests of Nob were slain; through thee Doeg the Edomite became a reprobate; and through thee Saul and his three sons were slain."--Treatise Sanhedrin, fol. 95, cols. 1, 2.A linen ephod.--The ordinary priests appear to have worn a linen over garment, similar in form to the high priestly cape or ephod. They came probably from Nob to Gibeah (the distance was not great) clad in their official costume, out of respect to the king who sent for them. The murderous deed assumes a still more awful character when we recollect who were the victims--the priests of the living God, clad in their white ministering robes!Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewSo the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4428: A kingorderedוַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayDoeg,לְדוֹאֵ֔ג (lə·ḏō·w·’êḡ)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1673: Doeg -- an Edomite“Youאַתָּ֔ה (’at·tāh)Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youturnסֹ֣ב (sōḇ)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularStrong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surroundand strike downוּפְגַ֖ע (ū·p̄ə·ḡa‘)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularStrong's 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunitythe priests!”בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים (bak·kō·hă·nîm)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3548: PriestAnd Doegדּוֹאֵ֣ג (dō·w·’êḡ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1673: Doeg -- an Edomitethe Edomiteהָאֲדֹמִ֗י (hā·’ă·ḏō·mî)Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 130: Edomite -- a descendant of Edomturnedוַיִּסֹּ֞ב (way·yis·sōḇ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surroundand struck downוַיִּפְגַּע־ (way·yip̄·ga‘-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunitythe priestsבַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (bak·kō·hă·nîm)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3548: Priesthimself.הוּא֙ (hū)Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, areOn thatהַה֗וּא (ha·hū)Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, aredayבַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3117: A dayhe killedוַיָּ֣מֶת ׀ (way·yā·meṯ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 4191: To die, to killeighty-fiveשְׁמֹנִ֤ים (šə·mō·nîm)Number - common pluralStrong's 8084: Eighty, eightiethmenאִ֔ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personwho woreנֹשֵׂ֖א (nō·śê)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 5375: To lift, carry, takethe linenבָּֽד׃ (bāḏ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 906: Flaxen thread, yarn, a linen garmentephod.אֵפ֥וֹד (’ê·p̄ō·wḏ)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 646: A girdle, the ephod, highpriest's shoulder-piece, an imageJump to PreviousAttack Attacked Doeg Edomite E'domite Eighty Eighty-Five Ephod Killed Linen Ordered Persons Priests Slew Turn Turned Wear Wore
