1 Samuel 22:18

22:18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five ¹  men who wore the linen ephod.

Mazmur 78:64

78:64 Their ²  priests fell by the sword,

but their ³  widows did not weep. ⁴ 

¹ tc The number is confused in the Greek ms tradition. The LXX, with the exception of the Lucianic recension, has the number 305. The Lucianic recension, along with a couple of Old Latin mss, has the number 350.

² tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

³ tn Heb “his.” The singular pronominal suffix is collective, referring back to God’s “people” (v. 62).

⁴ sn Because of the invading army and the ensuing panic, the priests’ widows had no time to carry out the normal mourning rites.