TOB

Place where Jephthah fled after his half brothers threw him out for being illegitimate (Jgs 11:3-5). During the reign of David, the Ammonites hired 12,000 men from Tob as mercenaries to fight against David (2 Sm 10:6-8). It is probably the same as the Aramite kingdom named Tob, which was located in the desert east or northeast of Gilead. During the Maccabean period, a Jewish colony was located in Tob.