KJV King James Version
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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1 Samuel 22:18
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 22
15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute [any] thing unto his servant, [nor] to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about 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 shew 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 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.
19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’S priests.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428 · me.lekhkingלְדוֹאֵ֔גH1673 · do.egDoegסֹ֣בH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאַתָּ֔הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וּפְגַ֖עH6293 · pa.gato fall onבַּכֹּהֲנִ֑יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוַיִּסֹּ֞בH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnדּוֹאֵ֣גH1673 · do.egDoegהָאֲדֹמִ֗יH130 · e.do.miEdomiteוַיִּפְגַּע־H6293 · pa.gato fall onהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itבַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוַיָּ֣מֶת׀H4191 · mutto dieבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itשְׁמֹנִ֤יםH8084 · she.mo.nimeightyוַחֲמִשָּׁה֙H2568 · cha.meshfiveאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanנֹשֵׂ֖אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֵפ֥וֹדH646 · e.phodephodבָּֽד׃H906 · badlinen
Cross-references
Acts 26:10-11Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.Hosea 5:11Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.1 Samuel 2:28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.1 Samuel 3:12-14In that day I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.Micah 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.Hosea 7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.Zephaniah 3:3Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.Exodus 28:40And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.1 Samuel 2:30-33Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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