Doeg in the Bible.

An Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul’s flocks. The King James Version names Doeg in 4 verses, from 1 Samuel 21:7 to 1 Samuel 22:22.

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Doeg’s own words.

Doeg speaks in 2 verses of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel.

His first words in the Bible

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Samuel 22:9 ›

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Who Doeg was.

Fearful, an Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul’s flocks (1 Sam. 21:7). At the command of Saul he slew the high priest Ahimelech (q.v.) at Nob, together with all the priests to the number of eighty-five persons. (Comp. Ps. 52, title.)

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Doeg’s story.

Nobnamed with him in 1 verse

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All 4 verses that name Doeg.

1 Samuel 4

1 Samuel 21:7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 22:18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 22:22And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

Questions about Doeg.

Who was Doeg in the Bible?

An Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul’s flocks. The King James Version names Doeg in 4 verses, from 1 Samuel 21:7 to 1 Samuel 22:22.

Where does Doeg speak in the Bible?

In 2 verses of the King James Version, all in 1 Samuel. His first words are in 1 Samuel 22:9.

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