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The Tanakh Podcast · August 18 · 10 min

#256 | 1 Samuel ch.22 - Massacre of the Priests

A paranoid Shaul accuses his servants of conspiring against him. Doeg the Edomite informs Saul that the High Priest had given David food, a weapon, and even consulted God on his behalf. Though the priests profess their innocence, Saul has the entire priestly town massacred, "men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep, by the sword."

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A paranoid Shaul accuses his servants of conspiring against him. Doeg the Edomite informs Saul that the High Priest had given David food, a weapon, and even consulted God on his behalf.

Though the priests profess their innocence, Saul has the entire priestly town massacred, "men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep, by the sword."