1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Samuel 21:7 | Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, within the tabernacle of the Lord: and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of Saul's herdsmen. | Within. Hebrew nehtsar, "detained, or assembles before the Lord." Theodoret thinks he was possessed; others believe he had made a vow, etc. --- Edomite. Some Greek copies read, a Syrian, as also 1 Kings 22:9. (Calmet) --- He had embraced the Jewish religion. (Menochius) |