1 Samuel 22:18 (KJV)

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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

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Doeg. 1Sa 22:9

he fell. 2Ch 24:21 Ho 5:11 Ho 7:3 Mic 6:16 Zep 3:3 Ac 26:10 Ac 26:11

fourscore.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. 1Sa 2:30-33 1Sa 2:36 1Sa 3:12-14

a linen ephod. 1Sa 2:28 Ex 28:40

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