Study it in the app“The king said to Doeg, “You turn and fall upon the priests.” So Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he put to death on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Doeg,לְדוֹאֵג“Youאַתָּהturnסֹבand fall uponוּפְגַעthe priests.”בַּכֹּהֲנִיםSo Doegוַ דּוֹאֵגthe Edomiteהָאֲדֹמִיturned,יִּסֹּבand heוַ הוּאfell uponיִּפְגַּעthe priests,בַּכֹּהֲנִיםand he put to deathוַיָּמֶתon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםeighty-fiveשְׁמֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁהmenאִישׁwho woreנֹשֵׂאthe linenבָּדephod.אֵפוֹד
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsDoeg
Doeg, an Edomite, chief of Saul's herdsmen, who informed on the priest Ahimelech and killed the priests of Nob (1 Samuel 22). The name means "anxious, fearful".
Where else “doeg” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “sov” appearsfall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “fega” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsEdomite
Edomite: a descendant of Edom, that is, of Esau, Jacob's brother.
Where else “adomi” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “yamet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearseighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appearslinen
Linen; white linen cloth, and garments made of it.
Where else “bad” appearsephod
Ephod: a garment of the high priest, like a vest or apron, worn over the robe (Exodus 28:6-14). In other passages, an object used in worship.
Where else “efod” appears17The king said to the runners who stood by him, “Turn and put to death the priests of YHWH, because their hand too is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing, and they did not inform me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to stretch out their hand to fall upon the priests of YHWH.
18 · This verse (above)
19And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, from man to woman, from child to nursing infant, and ox, donkey, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
