1 Samuele 22:19

19 E Saul mise pure a fil di spada Nob, la città de’ sacerdoti, uomini, donne, fanciulli, bambini di latte, buoi, asini e pecore: tutto mise a fil di spada.

1 Samuele 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 22:19

And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of
the sword
Either Doeg or Saul; who, as Josephus ^F9 says, sent men thither to slay all the inhabitants of it: both men and women, children and sucklings;
not sparing sex nor age: and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword;
Saul, who was so tender hearted and merciful in the case of the Amalekites, when his orders from the Lord were utterly to destroy them, ( 1 Samuel 15:2 1 Samuel 15:3 ) , that he spared their king, and the best of their cattle, ( 1 Samuel 15:7-9 ) ; yet now so cruel to a city of the priests, as to destroy all the inhabitants of it, and cattle in it; and yet this bloody affair of Saul's is not taken notice of afterwards, only his slaughter of the Gibeonites, ( 2 Samuel 21:1 ) ; and Abarbinel is of opinion, that the inhabitants of this place were Gibeonites, who were hewers of wood, and drawers of water, to the house of the Lord here, ( Joshua 9:23 Joshua 9:27 ) . Now Saul was the more severe this city, to deter others from joining with David, who, if they did, must expect the same treatment.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 12. sect. 6.

1 Samuele 22:19 In-Context

17 E il re disse alle guardie che gli stavano attorno: "Volgetevi e uccidete i sacerdoti dell’Eterno, perché anch’essi son d’accordo con Davide; sapevano ch’egli era fuggito, e non me ne hanno informato". Ma i servi del re non vollero metter le mani addosso ai sacerdoti dell’Eterno.

18 E il re disse a Doeg: "Volgiti tu, e gettati sui sacerdoti!" E Doeg, l’Idumeo, si volse, si avventò addosso ai sacerdoti, e uccise in quel giorno ottantacinque persone che portavano l’efod di lino.

19 E Saul mise pure a fil di spada Nob, la città de’ sacerdoti, uomini, donne, fanciulli, bambini di latte, buoi, asini e pecore: tutto mise a fil di spada.

20 Nondimeno, uno de’ figliuoli di Ahimelec, figliuolo di Ahitub, di nome Abiathar, scampò e si rifugiò presso Davide.

21 Abiathar riferì a Davide che Saul aveva ucciso i sacerdoti dell’Eterno.