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nob (nobh; Codex Vaticanus Nomba; Codex Alexandrinus Noba, and other forms): An ancient priestly town to which David came on his way South when he fled from Saul at Gibeah (1 Samuel 21:1). Here he found refuge and succor with Ahimelech.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Nob; IVP Atlas of Bible History (2006): Nob; IVP Old Testament Bible Background Commentary (2000): 1Sam 21:1; McKinny, Historical Geography of the Administrative Division of Judah (2014): page 274; Monson, Regions on the Run (2009): map 7; Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2014): Nob

Nob was a priestly town in ancient Israel in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The town is mostly known as the site of a massacre described in the Bible where the town's Hebrew priests are massacred by Doeg the Edomite who acted on orders from King Saul .

This map traces David's flight from Saul as described in 1 Samuel, highlighting key locations such as Nob. It provides a visual guide to David's movements and the events of his escape.

Map of Old Testament Israel - Nob. Nob D-12 on the Map. Nob et-Tor. in Benjamin; city of priests, successor to Shiloh, 1 Sam. 21. 1; 22. 9, 16; Isa. 10. 32; Neh. 11. 32. 1 Samuel 21:1 - 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?

2007年1月10日 · Haaretz has an article that reports a new proposal by Boaz Zissu of Bar Ilan University (the Hebrew version has a small photo and map). He suggests that Nob is near a quarry that he excavated on the northern end of the Kidron Valley. The strange thing is that he comes to this conclusion based on what he did not find. He found a quarry, but no ...

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Map of the Persian province of Judah After the Jewish nation of Judah fell to Babylonian invaders in 586, many survivors lived in exile. Some returned 50 years later, when Persians freed them. It was only a partial…

Nob. (high place). 1Sa 22:19; Nehemiah 11:32. A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Benjamin and situated on some eminence near Jerusalem. It was one of the places, where the Ark of Jehovah was kept for a time, during the days of its wanderings. 2 Samuel 6:1; etc. But the event for which Nob was most noted in the Scripture annals was a frightful ...