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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Doeg
Saul's chief herdsman, an Edomite, who told Saul that the priest Ahimelech had helped David. Saul's own men would not kill the priests of Nob. Doeg did it himself, eighty-five priests and the whole town with them.
Saul's chief herdsman, an Edomite, who told Saul that the priest Ahimelech had helped David. Saul's own men would not kill the priests of Nob. Doeg did it himself, eighty-five priests and the whole town with them.
Doeg was an Edomite serving as Saul's chief herdsman who reported to Saul that the priest Ahimelech had helped David while David was fleeing, and when Saul's own men refused to kill the priests of Nob for it, Doeg carried out the massacre himself, killing eighty-five priests along with the entire town's population.
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- 1 Samuel 21:7
- 1 Samuel 22:9
- 1 Samuel 22:18
- 1 Samuel 22:22
- Psalm 52:2
