Thematic Bible: Nob


Thematic Bible



So the king sent to summon Ahimelech the son of Ahitub the priest, and all his father's household, the priests who [were] at Nob. So all of them came to the king. Verse ConceptsKings Summoning

Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came trembling to meet David, and he said to him, "Why are you alone and there are no men with you?" Verse ConceptsBodyguardsActing AloneWhy Do You Do This?

So the priest gave him [the] holy [bread], for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to set hot bread [there] on the day when it was taken away. Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadHot ThingsHallowed

The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread {here at hand}; there is only holy bread, [but] only if the young men have kept themselves from women." Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesPriests, Function In Ot TimesPurity, Nature OfShowbread

So the priest said, "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 is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." Verse ConceptsClothUnique Things

The descendants of Benjamin from Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and {their settlements}, Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

And {he put to the sword} Nob, the city of the priests, from man to woman, from child to infant, and ox and donkey and sheep; [all] {to the sword}. Verse ConceptsBoth Men And Animals Killed

They approached me on the day of my disaster, but Yahweh [was] my support. Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod Supporting

{This day} {taking a stand} at Nob, he will shake his fist [at] the mountain of the daughter of Zion, [at] the hill of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHillsWaving The Hand