1 Samuel 22:18

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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WEBBE

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.

BSB

So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

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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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 לְדוֹאֵג le·do·yeg to Doeg H1673 סֹב so turn round H5437 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 וּפְגַע u·fe·ga' and fall H6293 בַּכֹּהֲנִים ba·ko·ha·nim on the priests H3548 וַיִּסֹּב vai·yi·so and he turned round H5437 דּוֹאֵג do·yeg Doeg H1673 הָאֲדֹמִי ha·'a·do·mi the Edomite H130 וַיִּפְגַּע־ vai·yif·ga'- and he fell H6293 הוּא hu' he H1931 בַּכֹּהֲנִים ba·ko·ha·nim on the priests H3548 וַיָּמֶת vai·ya·met and he killed H4191 בַּיּוֹם bai·yom on the day H3117 הַהוּא ha·hu' (the) that H1931 שְׁמֹנִים she·mo·nim eighty H8084 וַחֲמִשָּׁה va·cha·mi·shah and five H2568 אִישׁ 'ish man H376 נֹשֵׂא no·se' [who] carried H5375 אֵפוֹד 'e·fod an ephod of H646 בָּד bad linen H906

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–19

See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their cruelty as barbarous as themselves. Doeg, having murdered the priests, went to the city, Nob, and put all to the sword there. Nothing so vile but those may do it, who have provoked God to give them up to their hearts' lusts. Yet this was the accomplishment of the threatenings against the house of Eli. Though Saul was unrighteous in doing this, yet God was righteous in permitting it. No word of God shall fall to the ground.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.