1 Samuel 22:18

New English Translation

Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:21

They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

Exodus 28:40

“For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.

Hosea 7:3

The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.

Micah 6:16

You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city’s inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you.”

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

1 Samuel 2:18

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:28

I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

1 Samuel 2:36

Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, ‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”