Atlas Biblica

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    Nob

    נֹב

    Nob was a city of priests near Jerusalem, known for a massacre ordered by King Saul and as a temporary location of the Ark of the Covenant.

    Where the story of Nob happensWhere the gazetteer locates Nob, framed to them: Nob. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Nob
    Where the gazetteer locates Nob
    verses
    6
    first named
    1 Samuel 21:1
    last named
    Isaiah 10:32
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.79°N · 35.24°E
    settlement31.79°N · 35.24°E

    Ras el Mesharif (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 7 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Nob in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    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.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Site of

    Stands in the same events as

    and 1 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 3 books.

    1. 1 Samuel4 verses

      21:122:922:1122:19

    2. Nehemiah1 verse

      11:32

    3. Isaiah1 verse

      10:32

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceAiA Canaanite city conquered by Joshua after initial defeat.via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceAnaniahA town inhabited by Benjamites after the Babylonian exile.via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceAnathothA Levitical city in Benjamin, home of the prophet Jeremiah.via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceBethelImportant city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob.via Benjamin Descendants ResidenceMichmashA town in Benjamin; site of Saul's camp and Jonathan's victoryvia Benjamin Descendants ResidenceResidenceResidence is a concept gathering 23 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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