1Sa 22:18 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 18. And Doeg-fell upon the priests ] A ruthless Edomite, capable of any species of iniquity. Fourscore and five persons ] The Septuagint read τριακοσιουςκαι πεντεανδρας, three hundred and five men ; and Josephus has three hundred and eighty-five men . Probably the eighty-five were priests; the three hundred, the families of the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole population of Nob. That did wear a linen ephod. ] That is, persons who did actually administer, or had a right to administer, in sacred things. The linen ephod was the ordinary clothing of the priests.

‏ 1 Samuel 22:18

Verse 18. And Doeg-fell upon the priests] A ruthless Edomite, capable of any species of iniquity.

Fourscore and five persons] The Septuagint read τριακοσιουςκαι πεντεανδρας, three hundred and five men; and Josephus has three hundred and eighty-five men. Probably the eighty-five were priests; the three hundred, the families of the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole population of Nob.

That did wear a linen ephod.] That is, persons who did actually administer, or had a right to administer, in sacred things. The linen ephod was the ordinary clothing of the priests.