Thematic Bible: Nob
Thematic Bible
Nob » The home of ahimelech, the priest
The king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests in Nob. All of them came to the king.
Verse Concepts
David went to Ahimelech the priest at Nob. Ahimelech was afraid to meet David, so he said to him, “Why are you alone and no one is with you?”
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Nob » Probable seat of the tabernacle in saul's time
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from the presence of the Lord. When the bread was removed, it had been replaced with warm bread.
Verse Concepts
The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it only if they have kept themselves from women.”
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The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take it for yourself, then take it, for there isn’t another one here.”
“There’s none like it!” David said. “Give it to me.” Verse Concepts
“There’s none like it!” David said. “Give it to me.” Verse Concepts
Nob » A city » A city of the tribe of benjamin
Benjamin's descendants: from Geba, Michmash, Aija, and Bethel-and its villages, Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Nob » Called "the city of the priests,"
He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword—both men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
Nob » Destroyed by saul
but the Lord was my support.
Nob » Prophecy concerning
shaking his fist at the mountain of Daughter Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.