18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and [a]attack the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and [b]attacked the priests, and (A)he killed on that day eighty-five men (B)who wore the linen ephod. 19 (C)He also struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; he also struck oxen, donkeys, and sheep with the edge of the sword.

20 But (D)one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, (E)escaped and fled [c]to David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 22:18 Lit fall upon
  2. 1 Samuel 22:18 Lit fell upon
  3. 1 Samuel 22:20 Lit after

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