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Nob

Town or city mentioned in 7 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Samuel.

31.793° N, 35.244° ELocation uncertain4 books

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Journeys through Nob

The last week and the resurrection (Passover, AD 30 or 33)

Where it appears

1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1)

Key verses

1 Samuel 21:1 first mention — 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 22:9 — 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 22:11 — 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 22:19 — 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.
2 Samuel 21:16 — And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Nehemiah 11:32 — And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Isaiah 10:32 — 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.

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Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.