Place
Tob
Region east of the Jordan where Jephthah took refuge, whose warriors were later hired by the Ammonites against David.
What and where is this?
The land of Tob was a region east of the , perhaps in the area of or , to which fled after being driven out by his half-brothers who refused to share their father's inheritance with the son of a harlot (Judges 11:3). Jephthah gathered a band of men around him there and lived as a raider. When the Ammonites later threatened Israel, the elders of Gilead went to Tob to recall Jephthah and offered him leadership over them. The region reappears in 2 Samuel 10:6 and 1 Chronicles 19:6, where the Ammonites hire soldiers from Tob as mercenaries in their conflict with .
People, places, and events in this story
These connections are explicitly linked in this entity's source description.
Places in this story
Modern location: Et Tayibeh. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
Places explicitly linked from this entity's description. Select a marker to open its page.
Where this appears in Scripture
Start with the key scenes, then open the complete evidence by book or reference type.