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1 Samuel 22:18

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The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!”
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.

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1 Samuel 22:18 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 22:18 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 22:18 in context

  1. 16The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”
  2. 17The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put out their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
  3. 18The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!”
    Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
  4. 19He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  5. 20One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.