He inquired of the Lord ... - This was not true, but Ahimelech' s going to fetch the sword from behind the ephod might have given occasion to the belief on Doeg' s part that he had put on the ephod to inquire of the Lord for David.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 22:10:
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