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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 22:18

Verse 1 Samuel 22:18. And Doeg-fell upon the priests] A ruthless Edomite, capable of any species of iniquity.

Fourscore and five persons] The Septuagint read τριακοσιους και πεντε ανδρας, three hundred and five men; and Josephus has three hundred and eighty-five men. Probably the eighty-five were priests; the three hundred, the families of the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole population of Nob.

That did wear a linen ephod.] That is, persons who did actually administer, or had a right to administer, in sacred things. The linen ephod was the ordinary clothing of the priests.

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See also 1 Samuel 22:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    We are not to suppose that Doeg killed them all with his own hand. He had a band of men under his command, many or all of whom were perhaps foreigners like himself, and very likely of a Bedouin caste,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22 _ 1. In the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1)_ 2. In Moab and Gad's message (1 Samuel 22:3) 3. Saul's discovery of David's visit to Nob (1 Samuel 22:6) 4. The murder of the priests ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 22. DAVID AT ADULLAM AND MOAB: MASSACRE AT NOB (J). The series of narratives in ch. 22 may very well come from the same ancient document, and be the continuation of 1 Samuel 21:1. 1 SAMUEL 2...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SLEW. Thus partly fulfilling 1 Samuel 2:31; 1 Samuel 3:12, on Eli's house. PERSONS. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _that did wear a linen ephod_ See on 1 Samuel 2:18. The distinctive priestly dress should have reminded Saul of the sacredness of their persons....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DOEG—SLEW ON THAT DAY FOURSCORE AND FIVE PERSONS— Josephus says, that Doeg, taking to his assistance some men as wicked as himself, slew, in all, _three hundred and eighty-five_ persons. The LXX says...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Saul's Slaughter of the Priests._ 1 Samuel 22:17-23 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 b...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM. SAUL'S SLAUGHTER OF THE PRIESTS AT NOB 1. Adullam] probably in the valley of Elah between Philistia and Hebron....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND DOEG THE EDOMITE... FELL UPON THE PRIESTS, AND SLEW ON THAT DAY FOURSCORE AND FIVE PERSONS. — No doubt, assisted by his own attached servants, Doeg carried out this deed of unexampled barbarity. F...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ _לְ_†_דֹואֵ֔ג_† סֹ֣ב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIX. _ DAVID AT ADULLAM, MIZPEH, AND HARETH._ 1 Samuel 22:1. THE cave of Adullam, to which David fled on leaving Gath, has been placed in various localities even in modern times; but as the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Five. Josephus read "385." Septuagint, "305." --- Ephod. They all appeared in this dress, as they were priests. (Calmet) --- It was different from the sacred ephod. (Abulensis) --- Thus the posterity...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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; becaus...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the priests_ The country of Doeg is very properly here mentioned, and again repeated, to wipe off the stain of this butchery from the Israelitish nation, and to...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SAUL TAKES REVENGE UPON THE PRIESTS OF NOB...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 22:18 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Doeg H1673 turn H5437 (H8798) kill H6293 (H8798) priests...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the king said to Doeg, “Turn you, and fall on the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he slew on that day four score and five persons who wore a linen ephod.'...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 22:10. _He enquired of the Lord for him._ This was a lie, which Doeg invented to ingratiate himself with Saul: 1 Samuel 22:22; Psalms 52:3....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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