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Doeg, herdsman to King Saul. Saul or Shaul (שָׁאוּל Demanded, Standard Hebrew Šaʾul, Tiberian Hebrew Šāʾûl) was the first king of Israel according to the Old Testament of the Bible, as taught in Judaism. ...


This is the incident where David has fled from Saul's jealous anger, to the High Priest Ahimelech, where David and his men are fed with the showbread, and David is given the sword of Goliath. Michelangelos David. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Showbread is a Christian hardcore band from the Savannah, Georgia area. ... The young Hebrew David hoists the head of the Philistine Goliath. ...


Doeg is mentioned in the Book of First Samuel, in chapters 21 and 22:


Doeg was at Nob and witnessed Ahimelech's service to David. Nob is: Nob, a village mentioned in the Book of Judges a slang term for the penis a British slang term for a person of wealth and social standing Nob the short-hand title for the self-proclaimed emperor of the internet. ...

1Sa 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

Later, Saul asks about the whereabouts of David, and his herdsman speaks up: Edom (אֱדוֹם, Standard Hebrew Edom, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔḏôm) sounds like the Biblical Hebrew word for red and is a vividly apposite designation for the red sandstones of Edom. ...

1Sa 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

Saul then summons the High Priest and his entire company, and in a rage, orders them all killed. Only Doeg is willing to do the deed. Jesse is a common first name in many English speaking countries. ... Nob is: Nob, a village mentioned in the Book of Judges a slang term for the penis a British slang term for a person of wealth and social standing Nob the short-hand title for the self-proclaimed emperor of the internet. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Categories: Hebrew Bible/Tanakh-related stubs | Hebrew Bible/Tanakh people ...


David shows remorse:

1Sa 22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.

Saul is then reported to have had killed 85 priests, while the city of Nob was put to the sword, men, women, children and animals.


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Doeg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (259 words)
This is the incident where David has fled from Saul's jealous anger, to the High Priest Ahimelech, where David and his men are fed with the showbread, and David is given the sword of Goliath.
Doeg was at Nob and witnessed Ahimelech's service to David.
1Sa 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
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