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1 Samuel 22:19

He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
נֹ֤בnoNobH5011 →
עִיר־'ir-[the] city ofH5892 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
הִכָּ֣הhi.Kahhe struckH5221 →
לְפִי־le.fi-to [the] mouth ofH6310 →
חֶ֔רֶבChe.rev[the] swordH2719 →
מֵאִישׁ֙me.'Ishfrom manH376 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untoH5704 →
אִשָּׁ֔ה'i.ShahwomanH802 →
מֵעוֹלֵ֖לme.'o.Lelfrom childH5768 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untoH5704 →
יוֹנֵ֑קyo.Neksuckling-childH3243 →
וְשׁ֧וֹרve.Shorand ox[en]H7794 →
וַחֲמ֛וֹרva.cha.Morand donkey[s]H2543 →
וָשֶׂ֖הva.Sehand sheepH7716 →
לְפִי־le.fi-to [the] mouth ofH6310 →
חָֽרֶב׃Cha.rev[the] swordH2719 →

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1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.1 Samuel 22:11Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.Joshua 6:17Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.Isaiah 10:32Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.Joshua 6:21At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.Hosea 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.Nehemiah 11:32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,1 Samuel 21:1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”1 Samuel 15:9Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.1 Samuel 22:9But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.1 Samuel 23:10And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Jeremiah 44:7So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?

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