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Nob

Territory of Benjamin (near Jerusalem) · Old Testament · 6 verses

Nob was a town of the priests near Jerusalem. The tabernacle and priests were there in the days of Saul and David. The name appears in 1 Samuel, Nehemiah, Isaiah in the King James text.

About Nob

Nob was a town of the priests near Jerusalem. The tabernacle and priests were there in the days of Saul and David.

Its place in the story

At Nob the priest Ahimelech gave David the showbread and the sword of Goliath, and for this Saul later had the priests of Nob killed. It is remembered as the city of the priests struck down in Saul's jealousy.

Nob in Scripture (KJV)

“Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?”
1 Samuel 21:1 (KJV)
“Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.”
1 Samuel 22:9 (KJV)
“Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.”
1 Samuel 22:11 (KJV)
“And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.”
1 Samuel 22:19 (KJV)
“And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,”
Nehemiah 11:32 (KJV)
“As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 10:32 (KJV)

Where it leads

David eating the holy bread at Nob is recalled by Jesus in the Gospels when teaching about mercy and the meaning of God's law.

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Where is Nob in the Bible?

Nob was a town of the priests near Jerusalem. The tabernacle and priests were there in the days of Saul and David. The name appears in 1 Samuel, Nehemiah, Isaiah in the King James text.

What happened at Nob?

At Nob the priest Ahimelech gave David the showbread and the sword of Goliath, and for this Saul later had the priests of Nob killed. It is remembered as the city of the priests struck down in Saul's jealousy.

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