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Now one of Saul's servants was there that day, confined (prevented, confined) before the Lord (Yahweh), and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, the leader of Saul's shepherds.
[Doeg may have taken a Nazirite vow, or it may be the Sabbath, which prevented him from doing anything that day. Eventually, he will tell Saul that David was here and killed all the priests, see , , ; .]
Then Doeg the Edomite, who was set over Saul's servants, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse [David] come to Nov [a Levitical city just northeast of Jerusalem on Mount Scopus, see ], to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub. [; ]
And the king said to Doeg, "Turn and kill the priest." So the Edomite Doeg turned and killed the priest, and he killed 85 people that day who wore a linen ephod. [The linen vest worn by the priests was easily recognizable, see .]
Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew that day, when the Edomite Doeg was there, that he would surely tell Saul []. I have brought death upon all the souls of your father's house.
Your tongue devises destruction,
it works deceitfully like a sharp sword.
