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Tob

טוֹב · tov · H2897אִישׁ־טוֹב · H03821 other spelling“good; goodness” Hitchcock's 18694 mentions in 2 books, most in Judges (2)

Where it is

EdreiEdreiRamothRamothBezerBezerAshteroth-karnaimAshteroth-karnaimAshtarothAshtarothBeth-arbelBeth-arbelTobabout 96 km across

32.56° N, 36.24° E · from harper; now et-Taiyibeh

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Mentioned most in

Judges · 22 Samuel · 2
Counted from 4 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Tob, also referred to as Ish-tob, was a region east of the Jordan River where Jephthah, a judge of Israel, fled after being expelled by his half-brothers (Judg. 11:3). In Tob, Jephthah gathered a group of worthless men who followed him, possibly serving as mercenaries. When the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead sought out Jephthah in the land of Tob and requested that he lead them in battle (Judg. 11:5-6). Jephthah agreed and successfully defeated the Ammonites. The region of Tob is also mentioned in 2Sa.10.6, 8, where the Ammonites hired mercenaries from Tob to fight against King David's army. The exact location of Tob is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the northern part of Gilead, near the border with Syria.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

4 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Judges 2 mentions

Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out with him.Judges 11:5When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

2 Samuel 2 mentions

2 Samuel 10:6When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and…2 Samuel 10:8The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

What the dictionary says

(good), The land of, a place in which Jephthah took refuge when expelled from home by his half-brother, (Judges 11:3) and where he remained, at the head of a…

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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