Nob, Israel

Nob was a priestly town in ancient Israel in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The town is mostly known as the site of a massacre described in the Bible where the town's Hebrew priests are massacred by Doeg the Edomite who acted on orders from King Saul.

For the modern village, see Nov, Golan Heights. For other uses, see Nob (disambiguation).
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