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Nob

נֹב · nov · H5011“discourse; prophecy” Hitchcock's 18696 mentions in 3 books, most in 1 Samuel (4)

Where it is

TophethTophethAnaniahAnaniahAlemethAlemethMozahMozahSecuSecuHelkath-hazzurimHelkath-hazzurimNobabout 27 km across

31.80° N, 35.23° E · ~

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

1 Samuel · 4Nehemiah · 1Isaiah · 1
Counted from 6 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Nob was a city of priests located near Jerusalem, possibly between the city and Anathoth (1Sam. 21:1; 22:9, 11, 19; Neh. 11:32; Isa. 10:32). It is most notable as the site where King Saul ordered the massacre of the priests who had assisted David when he was fleeing from Saul (1Sam. 22:11-19). Ahimelech, the priest at Nob, had provided David with the sacred bread of the Presence and the sword of Goliath (1Sam. 21:1-9). Nob was also one of the places where the Ark of the Covenant was kept for a time during its travels (2Sam. 6:1). The exact location of Nob is uncertain, but it was likely situated on a hill north of Jerusalem, possibly at Ras el-Mesharif or another nearby site that afforded a view of the city.

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Every mention

6 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Samuel 4 mentions

1 Samuel 21:1Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”1 Samuel 22:9Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.1 Samuel 22:11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob; and they all came to the king.1 Samuel 22:19He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword—both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle, donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

Nehemiah 1 mention

Nehemiah 11:32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

Isaiah 1 mention

Isaiah 10:32This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

What the dictionary says

High place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David’s wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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