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# Turn and kill the priests ... turned and attacked the priests
Here "Turn" means to turn around or turn away from the king. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 22:17](../22/17.md). Alternate translation: "Go and kill the priests ... went and attacked" or "Kill the priest ... attacked the priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked ... he killed
Possible meanings are 1) Doeg killed all the priests himself or 2) the word "Doeg" is a synecdoche for Doeg and the men who went with him. Alternate translation: "Doeg the Edomite and his men turned and attacked ... they killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# Doeg the Edomite
This is the name of a man. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 21:7](../21/07.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
# eighty-five persons
"85 men" or "85 priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])