1 Samuel 2:33-34
cause .... to fail <03615> [to consume.]
<0582> [in the flower, etc. Heb. men.]
sign <0226> [a sign.]
single day <0259 03117> [in one day.]
1 Samuel 4:11
ark <0727> [the ark.]
two sons <01121 08147> [the two sons.]
killed <04191> [were slain. Heb. died.]
1 Samuel 4:17
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
1 Samuel 22:18-19
Doeg .......... Doeg <01673> [Doeg.]
strike ........... struck down <06293> [he fell.]
eighty-five <08084> [fourscore.]
The LXX. read, [tria kosious kai pente andras,] "three hundred and five men;" and Josephus, "three hundred and eighty-five men." Probably the eighty-five were priests and the three hundred the families of the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole population of Nob.
linen ephod <0906 0646> [a linen ephod.]
Nob <05011> [Nob.]
men <0376> [men.]
<06310> [with the edge.]
This is one of the worst acts of Saul's life: his malice was implacable, and his wrath cruel; and there is no motive of justice or policy by which such a barbarous massacre can be justified.
