detained before the Lord In charge of the priest for some religious purpose such as the fulfilment of a vow, or purification, or on account of suspected leprosy (Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:11; Leviticus 13:31). His presence in the Tabernacle implies that he was a proselyte.

Doeg, an Edomite He may have come over to Saul in his wars with Edom (1 Samuel 14:47).

the chiefest of the herdmen, &c. An important post in a pastoral country. Cp. 1 Chronicles 27:29; 1 Chronicles 27:31. The Sept. reads, "Doeg the Syrian, the keeper of Saul's mules." Cp. 1 Chronicles 27:30. "Syrian" is certainly a mistake for "Edomite," the consonants of the Heb. words "Aramite" and "Edomite" being almost exactly alike.

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