1 Samuel 22:9-19
Doeg.He is also said to be "the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul;" and the Septuagint intimates that he was over the mules of Saul. He may have been what we call the king's equerry or groom. 21:7; Ps 52:1; *titlePs 52:1-5; Pr 19:5; 29:12; Eze 22:9; Mt 26:59-61Ahimelech.21:1-15Ahitub. he enquired.13,15; 23:2,4,12; 30:8; Nu 27:21him victuals.21:6-9 sent to call.Ro 3:15 thou son.7,13Here I am. Heb. Behold me.2Sa 9:6; Isa 65:1 Why have.8; Ps 119:69; Am 7:10; Lu 23:2-5 And who.19:4,5; 20:32; 24:11; 26:23; 2Sa 22:23-25; Pr 24:11,12; 31:8,9the king's.13; 17:25; 18:27goeth.18:13; 21:2 Did I then.He seems to intimate, that his enquiring now for David was no new thing, having often done so before, without ever being informed it was wrong in itself or displeasing to the king. the servant.Ge 20:5,6; 2Sa 15:11; 2Co 1:12; 1Pe 3:16,17less or more. Heb. little or great.25:36 Thou shalt.14:44; 20:31; 1Ki 18:4; 19:2; Pr 28:15; Da 2:5,12; 3:19,20; Ac 12:19thou, and.De 24:16; Es 3:6; Mt 2:16 footmen. or, guard. Heb. runners.8:11; 2Sa 15:1; 1Ki 1:5slay the priests.13; 20:33; 25:17; 1Ki 18:4would not.14:45; Ex 1:17; 2Ki 1:13,14; Ac 4:19 Doeg.9he fell.2Ch 24:21; Ho 5:11; 7:3; Mic 6:16; Zep 3:3; Ac 26:10,11fourscore.The LXX. read, [tria kosious kai pente andras,] "three hundred and five men;" and Josephus, "three hundred and eighty-five men." Probably the eighty-five were priests and the three hundred the families of the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole population of Nob. 2:30-33,36; 3:12-14a linen ephod.2:28; Ex 28:40 Nob.9,11; 21:1; Ne 11:32; Isa 10:32men.15:3,9; Jos 6:17,21; Ho 10:14; Jas 2:13with the edge.This is one of the worst acts of Saul's life: his malice was implacable, and his wrath cruel; and there is no motive of justice or policy by which such a barbarous massacre can be justified.
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