1 Samuel 22:17. And the king said to the foot soldiers who stood around him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD* because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD*. 18. And the king said to Doeg, Turn and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and he fell upon the priests and slew on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod. 19. And he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep with the edge of the sword.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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