Doeg

Edomite chief shepherd who betrayed David to Saul

A written article for Doeg is still to come. Below and alongside: where Doeg appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1000 BC
  • Doeg
    c. 1050 BC

Original word

  • דֹּאֵג doeg
    H1673
Citations
“Doeg.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Doeg appears in Scripture

1 Samuel 21

וְשָׁם אִישׁ מֵֽעַבְדֵי שָׁאוּל בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נֶעְצָר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וּשְׁמוֹ דֹּאֵג הָֽאֲדֹמִי אַבִּיר הָֽרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאֽוּל׃
7
Now 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

וַיַּעַן דֹּאֵג הָֽאֲדֹמִי וְהוּא נִצָּב עַל-עַבְדֵֽי-שָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמַר רָאִיתִי אֶת-בֶּן-יִשַׁי בָּא נֹבֶה אֶל-אֲחִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן-אֲחִטֽוּב׃
9
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.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ ‫(לדויג)‬ לְדוֹאֵג סֹב אַתָּה וּפְגַע בַּכֹּֽהֲנִים וַיִּסֹּב ‫(דויג)‬ דּוֹאֵג הָֽאֲדֹמִי וַיִּפְגַּע-הוּא בַּכֹּהֲנִים וַיָּמֶת׀ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא שְׁמֹנִים וַֽחֲמִשָּׁה אִישׁ נֹשֵׂא אֵפוֹד בָּֽד׃
18
And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לְאֶבְיָתָר יָדַעְתִּי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כִּֽי-שָׁם ‫(דויג)‬ דּוֹאֵג הָֽאֲדֹמִי כִּֽי-הַגֵּד יַגִּיד לְשָׁאוּל אָֽנֹכִי סַבֹּתִי בְּכָל-נֶפֶשׁ בֵּית אָבִֽיךָ׃
22
And 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.

Psalms 52

לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִֽד׃ בְּבוֹא׀ דּוֹאֵג הָאֲדֹמִי וַיַּגֵּד לְשָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בָּא דָוִד אֶל-בֵּית אֲחִימֶֽלֶךְ׃
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To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.