Tob was the name of a place in Transjordan, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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Tob was the name of a place in Transjordan, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
==Hebrew Bible== Jephthah flees from his brothers to the "land of Tob". In Tob, Jephtha gatheres some men until his brothers want him back to fight against the Ammonites (). The place may be the same as the one mentioned in , named Ishtob (cf. Hebrew ish Tov). Some believe it should be translated "men of Tob", rather than "Ishtob".
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