Tob
Tob (or Ish-tob), a region east of the Jordan River where Jephthah fled and later recruited mercenaries to fight the Ammonites.
The name Tob means “good; goodness”
PlaceOld Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 11:3; referred to as Tob (טוֹב), "men of Tob" (אִישׁ־טוֹב), or men of Tob (אִישׁ טוֹב).
Location
- Identified as
- Et Tayibeh
- Certainty
- Likely (65% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 32.563° N, 36.244° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- טוֹבTob
- אִישׁ+H2897«H2897=טוֹבIsh-tobmeans “good man”
- אִישׁ־טוֹבIsh-tobmeans “good man”
Mentions
- Judges 11:3טוֹב · TobSo Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
- Judges 11:5טוֹב · Tob…and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
- 2 Samuel 10:6אִישׁ־טוֹב · Ish-tob; אִישׁ+H2897«H2897=טוֹב · Ish-tob; טוֹב · TobWhen the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
- 2 Samuel 10:8אִישׁ־טוֹב · Ish-tob; אִישׁ+H2897«H2897=טוֹב · Ish-tob; טוֹב · TobThe Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.