1 Samuel 22:18 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Samuel 22:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Saul has just condemned Ahimelech and his whole priestly family for supposedly conspiring with David, though Ahimelech protests his innocence. Saul's own guards refuse to strike priests of the LORD, so he turns to Doeg the Edomite, a foreigner who had earlier reported seeing Ahimelech help David at Nob.
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