<p class="bodytext">Now Samuel was ministering before the <sc>Lordsc>. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.<n id="1" />

Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

Now this man Micah owned a shrine.<n id="1" /> He made an ephod<n id="2" /> and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.<n id="3" />

David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians;<n id="1" /> David also wore a linen ephod.<n id="2" />

For the Israelites<n id="1" /> must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.

The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish<n id="1" /> said to their kinsmen,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.&#8221;

I chose your ancestor<n id="1" /> 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&#8217;s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.

Now Ahijah was carrying<n id="1" /> an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the <sc>Lordsc> in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the king said to Doeg, &#8220;You turn and strike down the priests!&#8221; So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five<n id="1" /> men who wore the linen ephod.