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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 21:7 Catholic Bible: Saul's chief herdsman, Doeg, who was from Edom, happened to be there that day, because he had to fulfill a religious obligation.) </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_samuel/21-7.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_samuel/21-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_samuel/21-7.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/1.htm">1 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/21.htm">Chapter 21</a> > Verse 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/21-6.htm" title="1 Samuel 21:6">◄</a> 1 Samuel 21:7 <a href="../1_samuel/21-8.htm" title="1 Samuel 21:8">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_samuel/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Saul's chief herdsman, Doeg, who was from Edom, happened to be there that day, because he had to fulfill a religious obligation.) <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_samuel/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It so happened that one of Saul's officers was there, worshiping the LORD that day. His name was Doeg the Edomite, and he was the strongest of Saul's shepherds. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">detained</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-11</a> To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a> And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a> Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8</a> This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/21-26.htm">Acts 21:26,27</a> Then Paul took the men and, the next day being purified with them, entered into the temple, giving notice of the accomplishment of the days of purification, until an oblation should be offered for every one of them. . . . </p><p class="hdg">doeg</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/22-9.htm">1 Samuel 22:9</a> And Doeg, the Edomite, who stood by, and was the chief among the servants of Saul, answering, said: I saw the son of Isai, in Nobe, with Achimelech, the son of Achitob, the priest.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1</a> Unto the end, understanding for David, [2] When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. [3] Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?</p><p class="hdg">herdmen</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/11-5.htm">1 Samuel 11:5</a> And behold Saul came, following oxen out of the field, and he said: What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabes.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7,8</a> Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/26-20.htm">Genesis 26:20</a> But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our water. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/27-29.htm">1 Chronicles 27:29</a> And over the herds that fed in Saron, was Setrai a Saronite: and over the oxen in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adli:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/26-10.htm">2 Chronicles 26:10</a> And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/21.htm">David Takes the Consecrated Bread</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>The priest therefore gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there, but only the loaves of proposition, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, that hot loaves might be set up. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl">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.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/14-47.htm">1 Samuel 14:47</a></span><br />And Saul having his kingdom established over Israel, fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and Edom, and the kings of Soba, and the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he overcame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/21-8.htm">1 Samuel 21:8</a></span><br />And David said to Achimelech: Hast thou here at hand a spear, or a sword? for I brought not my own sword, nor my own weapons with me, for the king's business required haste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/22-9.htm">1 Samuel 22:9</a></span><br />And Doeg, the Edomite, who stood by, and was the chief among the servants of Saul, answering, said: I saw the son of Isai, in Nobe, with Achimelech, the son of Achitob, the priest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/22-22.htm">1 Samuel 22:22</a></span><br />And David said to Abiathar: I knew that day when Doeg, the Edomite, was there, that without doubt he would tell Saul: I have been the occasion of the death of all the souls of thy father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/27-29.htm">1 Chronicles 27:29</a></span><br />And over the herds that fed in Saron, was Setrai a Saronite: and over the oxen in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adli:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/27-31.htm">1 Chronicles 27:31</a></span><br />And over the sheep Jaziz an Agarene. All these were the rulers of the substance of king David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1</a></span><br />Unto the end, understanding for David, [2] When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. [3] Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/4-9.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">Best</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-22.htm">Chiefest</a> <a href="/judges/19-4.htm">Detained</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Doeg</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-22.htm">Do'eg</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">Edomite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">E'domite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-20.htm">Head</a> <a href="/genesis/29-4.htm">Herdmen</a> <a href="/genesis/26-20.htm">Herdsmen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-5.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-33.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-30.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-2.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-40.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Strongest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/25-21.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-2.htm">Best</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-33.htm">Chiefest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-1.htm">Detained</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">Doeg</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">Do'eg</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">Edomite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">E'domite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-13.htm">Head</a> <a href="/amos/1-1.htm">Herdmen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-15.htm">Herdsmen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-2.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-10.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">Saul's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-11.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-7.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-16.htm">Strongest</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and before chief day detained Doeg Edomite he head his LORD name Now of one Saul Saul's servants shepherd shepherds that the there was<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/21-7.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/21-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 21:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 21:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/21-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 21:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 21:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>