Choba

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Choba ( Jdt 4:4; Chobai Jdt 15:4-5 , noticed with Damascus). Perhaps the land of Hobah (wh. see).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Χωβά ; Vulg. omits), a place mentioned in  Judith 4:4, apparently situated in. the central part of Palestine. It is probably the same place as.

Choba (ADDENDUM)

(or Chobai), of  Judith 4:4, is thought by Lieutenant Conder (Tent-Work, 2:336) to be the present ruin el-Mekhobby ("hiding-places"), on the ancient road from Shechem (see Quarterly Report of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," January 1881, page 51).