TOB

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A “land” to which Jephthah fled from his half brothers. In Tob he gathered a force of men before his half brothers asked him to be their commander in fighting against the Ammonites. (Judg. 11:3-11) There is possibly another Biblical reference to Tob if the name “Ishtob” is rather to be translated “men of Tob” at 2 Samuel 10:6-8. (See AS, JP, RS, NW, 1955 ed., ftn.) Tob’s location is not definitely known. However, it is often identified with the region centering around et-Taiyibeh, nearly forty miles (c. 64 kilometers) E-SE of the Sea of Galilee.