Nob, Israel
Nob was a
Location
The town is situated in the southern portion of the land associated with the tribe of Benjamin, and is identified within the village of Shuafat, to the north of Jerusalem.[2]
The site is largely identified by historical geographers as Bayt Nuba. It likely belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, Jerusalem being at the border between the tribes of Benjamin and Judah.[citation needed]
In the Bible
The town is known for its mention in the
Aside from the incident in the Book of Samuel, the town of Nob is mentioned in the Bible in connection with the Assyrian attack of Israel described in the Book of Isaiah (10:32), and in relation to the Jewish settlements after the Babylonian Exile listed in the Book of Nehemiah (11:33).[2]
In the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (known as Pseudo-Philo), a first century work, the town of Nob is identified as the true location for the biblical incident of the Levite's concubine, which takes place in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Reis, P. T. (1994). "Collusion at Nob: A New Reading of 1 Samuel 21-22." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 19(61), 59–73.
- ^ a b c Regev, E. (2001). The Two Sins of Nob: Biblical Interpretation, an Anti-Priestly Polemic and a Geographical Error in Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 12(1), 85-104.