1 Samuel 22:18

Good News Translation

So Saul said to Doeg, “You kill them!”—and Doeg killed them all. On that day he killed eighty-five priests who were qualified to carry the ephod.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:21

King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard.

Psalm 78:64

Priests died by violence, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.

Exodus 28:40

“Make shirts, sashes, and caps for Aaron's sons, to provide them with dignity and beauty.

Proverbs 24:15

Don't be like the wicked who scheme to rob honest people or to take away their homes.

Hosea 5:11

Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give.

Hosea 7:3

The Lord says, “People deceive the king and his officers by their evil plots.

Micah 6:16

This will happen because you have followed the evil practices of King Omri and of his son, King Ahab. You have continued their policies, and so I will bring you to ruin, and everyone will despise you. People everywhere will treat you with contempt.”

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.

1 Samuel 2:18

In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the Lord, wearing a sacred linen apron.

1 Samuel 2:28

From all the tribes of Israel I chose his family to be my priests, to serve at the altar, to burn the incense, and to wear the ephod to consult me. And I gave them the right to keep a share of the sacrifices burned on the altar.

1 Samuel 2:36

Any of your descendants who survive will have to go to that priest and ask him for money and food, and beg to be allowed to help the priests, in order to have something to eat.”