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When David offered to fight Goliat, Shaul asked who he was. Didn’t
Shaul recognize David as his arms-bearer? Shaul saw David behave in a
regal manner, and therefore inquired as to whether he descended from
royal roots. Doeg told him to first ascertain whether or not David was
considered part of the Jewish nation.

How could Doeg forget the halachah, publicized in the Beit Midrash of
Shmuel Hanavi, which clearly stated that an Ammonite or Moabite man
may not convert to Judaism, but an Ammonite or Moabite woman was
permitted to convert?

Doeg harbored such intense envy toward David for his victory with Goliat
and for winning the hand of the king’s daughter in marriage that he simply
forgot the halachah. Our Sages warn us that envy, lust, and glory drive a
person out of this world.

We are enjoined to eradicate the memory of Amalek. They were the first
to cool off the gentiles’ fear of Bnei Yisrael. They also introduced doubts
in emunah into the hearts of our nation. This is hinted to in his very
name. The word (Amalek) is numerically equivalent to the word
(doubt).
Parashat Ki Teitzei ends with the mention of Amalek, and parashat Ki
Tavo begins with the mitzvah of bikurim. This is to teach us that when
one brings bikurim, he asserts that all comes from Hashem Alone.