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1 Samuel 22:19

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

1 Samuel 22:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 22:19

Theological / Devotional

Both men and women. The innocent suffered with the supposedly guilty. The inhabitants of Nob probably had had nothing to do with the removal of the tabernacle and the priestly families to Nob (see on chapter 21:1), yet Saul’s senseless and satanic fury wiped out the entire town. Once before, the Philistines had destroyed the sacred city of Shiloh. They were Israel’s enemies, yet we have no record of their annihilating the entire population.

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