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1 Samuel 22:18-22

1 Samuel 22:18

Then the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and attack the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 22:19

He also struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; he also struck oxen, donkeys, and sheep with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 22:20

But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David.

1 Samuel 22:21

Abiathar informed David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 22:22

Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. I myself have turned against every person in your father’s household.