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both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep—with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; <i>he</i> also <i>struck</i> oxen, donkeys, and sheep with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep, <i>he struck</i> with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep <i>he struck</i> with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also <i>he struck</i> oxen and donkeys and sheep with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword—both men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword—both men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then he attacked the town of Nob, where the priests had lived, and he killed everyone there--men, women, children, and babies. He even killed their cattle, donkeys, and sheep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He also killed the people of Nob, the city of the priests. Using [his] sword, he killed men and women, children and infants, cows, donkeys, and sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Saul also had all the other inhabitants of Nob, the city of priests, put to death: men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep--they were all killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He attacked the priestly town of Nob with the sword. Men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys and sheep were put to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep--all with the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword—both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle, donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Nob, the city of the priests, he has struck by the mouth of the sword, from man and to woman, from infant and to suckling, and ox, and donkey, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Nob the city of the priests, he struck with the mouth of the sword, from man and even to woman, from child and even to suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, with the mouth of the sword.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Nobe the city of the priests he smote with the edge of his sword, both men and women, children, and sucklings, and ox and ass, and sheep with the edge of the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword; he struck down men and women, little ones and infants, as well as ox and donkey and sheep, with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Saul also put the priestly city of Nob to the sword, including men and women, children and infants, and oxen, donkeys and sheep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep, he put to the sword.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Noh, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, young men and children and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he gave to him the village of the Priests, and he killed by the mouth of the sword from man and unto woman, and from young man and unto infant, and bull and sheep by the mouth of the sword<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he smote Nomba the city of the priest with the edge of the sword, both man, and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/22-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=6676" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/22.htm">Saul Slays the Priests of Nob</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hik·kāh (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">He also put</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">to the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/5011.htm" title="5011: nōḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A priestly city, perhaps also a place N. of Jer. The same as nowb; fruit; Nob, a place in Palestine.">Nob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr- (N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">of the priests,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: mê·’îš (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">with its men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">women,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5768.htm" title="5768: mê·‘ō·w·lêl (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A child. Or lolal; from uwl; a suckling.">children</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3243.htm" title="3243: yō·w·nêq (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To suck. A primitive root; to suck; causatively, to give milk.">infants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7794.htm" title="7794: wə·šō·wr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.). From shuwr; a bullock.">oxen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2543.htm" title="2543: wa·ḥă·mō·wr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A male ass. Or chamor; from chamar; a male ass.">donkeys,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7716.htm" title="7716: wā·śeh (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Or sey; probably from sha'ah through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. A sheep or goat.">and sheep.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥā·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement."></a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16</a></span><br />When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-24.htm">Revelation 18:24</a></span><br />And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">2 Kings 10:11</a></span><br />So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Jeremiah 26:23</a></span><br />They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-21.htm">2 Chronicles 24:21-22</a></span><br />But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. / Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a></span><br />Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5-7</a></span><br />eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD. / And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” / And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a></span><br />Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm">2 Kings 15:16</a></span><br />At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1-5</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. / Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. / You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Ezekiel 9:5-7</a></span><br />And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. / Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26</a></span><br />‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Nob</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">1 Samuel 22:9,11</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/21-1.htm">1 Samuel 21:1</a></b></br> Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why <i>art</i> thou alone, and no man with thee?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/11-32.htm">Nehemiah 11:32</a></b></br> <i>And</i> at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,</p><p class="hdg">men</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">1 Samuel 15:3,9</a></b></br> Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17,21</a></b></br> And the city shall be accursed, <i>even</i> it, and all that <i>are</i> therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that <i>are</i> with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Hosea 10:14</a></b></br> Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon <i>her</i> children.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/16-20.htm">Ass</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-16.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/exodus/2-6.htm">Babies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm">Breast</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-53.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-42.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-16.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-27.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Infant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-13.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-11.htm">Nob</a> <a href="/numbers/11-12.htm">Nursing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-35.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-11.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-10.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">Suckling</a> <a href="/matthew/21-16.htm">Sucklings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-13.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-5.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/25-20.htm">Ass</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Babies</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-20.htm">Breast</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-7.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-4.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/job/3-16.htm">Infant</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-22.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-16.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-32.htm">Nob</a> <a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Nursing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-13.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-9.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-21.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-2.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/psalms/78-71.htm">Suckling</a> <a href="/job/19-18.htm">Sucklings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-5.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-42.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-1.htm">Companies resort unto David at Adullam</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm">At Mizpeh he commends his parents unto the king of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-5.htm">Admonished by Gad, he comes to Hareth,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm">Saul going to pursue him, complains of his servants' unfaithfulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">Doeg accuses Ahimelech</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-11.htm">Saul commands to kill the priests</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-17.htm">The footmen refusing, Doeg executes it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/22-20.htm">Abiathar escaping, brings David the news</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "struck down" is נכה (nakah), which often implies a decisive and forceful action, typically associated with divine judgment or warfare. Nob, identified as "the city of the priests," was a significant religious center, housing the tabernacle and the priestly community. This act of destruction was not just a military action but a spiritual desecration, highlighting the severity of Saul's disobedience and the resulting divine judgment. Historically, this event underscores the tragic consequences of Saul's paranoia and the misuse of power against God's anointed servants.<p><b>both men and women, children and infants</b><br />The inclusion of "men and women, children and infants" emphasizes the totality and indiscriminate nature of the massacre. The Hebrew words for "children" (טַף, taph) and "infants" (יוֹנֵק, yoneq) highlight the innocence and vulnerability of the victims. This phrase serves as a stark reminder of the collateral damage of sin and the far-reaching impact of Saul's rebellion against God. It also foreshadows the eventual downfall of Saul's reign, as such acts of violence are contrary to the character of God, who values life and justice.<p><b>oxen, donkeys, and sheep</b><br />The mention of "oxen, donkeys, and sheep" signifies the complete destruction of both human and economic resources. In ancient Israel, livestock represented wealth and sustenance, and their destruction would have been a devastating blow to the community's survival. The Hebrew context here reflects a "herem" or total destruction, often associated with divine judgment against those who oppose God's will. This act of annihilation serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commands and the importance of aligning leadership with divine purposes. The loss of these animals also symbolizes the loss of God's provision and blessing due to disobedience.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Nob, the city of the priests, smote he.</span>--The vengeful king, not content with striking the men, the heads of the priestly houses, in his insane fury proceeded to treat the innocent city where they resided as a city under the ban "cherem," as though it had been polluted with idolatry and wickedness, and therefore devoted to utter destruction. The only crime of Nob had been that its venerable chief citizen, Ahimelech the priest, had shown kindness to David, whom Saul hated with a fierce mad hate. In <a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm" title="Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.">2Samuel 21:1</a> we read of a scourge in the form of a famine afflicting Israel during three years. The cause of this God-sent calamity is told us in the Lord's words: "It was for Saul and his bloody house, <span class= "ital">because he slew the Gibeonites." </span>Now, this slaughter of the Gibeonites--evidently a dark crime--is nowhere specially related in the Old Testament books. Was it not this awful sequel to the crime of Gibeah, where the hapless Ahimelech and his eighty-five priests were murdered, that was referred to in the above mentioned passage--the awful sequel when Saul smote Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword? In that terrible catastrophe, were not the Gibeonites, <span class= "ital">hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Tabernacle </span>(see <a href="/context/joshua/9-21.htm" title="And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.">Joshua 9:21-27</a>), slain? for we read how in the destruction of the ill fated city men, women and children, and all cattle perished. "Only once before had so terrible a calamity befallen the sons of Aaron, and that was when the Philistines destroyed Shiloh. But they were enemies, and had been provoked by the people bringing the Ark to battle; and even then the women and children seem to have escaped. It was left to the anointed king of Israel, who had himself settled the priests at Nob and restored Jehovah's worship there, to perpetrate an act unparalleled in Jewish history for its barbarity."--<span class= "ital">Dean Payne Smith.</span><p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/22-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He also put</span><br /><span class="heb">הִכָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hik·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the sword</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Nob,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֤ב</span> <span class="translit">(nōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5011.htm">Strong's 5011: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nob -- a priestly city, perhaps also a place North of Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the city</span><br /><span class="heb">עִיר־</span> <span class="translit">(‘îr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the priests,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hă·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with its men</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאִישׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">women,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשָּׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">children</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעוֹלֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ō·w·lêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5768.htm">Strong's 5768: </a> </span><span class="str2">A suckling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">infants,</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹנֵ֑ק</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·nêq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3243.htm">Strong's 3243: </a> </span><span class="str2">To suck, to give milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">oxen,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשׁ֧וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7794.htm">Strong's 7794: </a> </span><span class="str2">A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">donkeys,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַחֲמ֛וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(wa·ḥă·mō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2543.htm">Strong's 2543: </a> </span><span class="str2">A male ass</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sheep.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָשֶׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7716.htm">Strong's 7716: </a> </span><span class="str2">A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/22-19.htm">1 Samuel 22:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/22-19.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 22:19 Nob the city of the priests struck (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 22:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 22:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/22-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 22:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 22:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>