Ishtob
Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]
A state which supplied 12,000 men to the children of Ammon to fight against David. 2 Samuel 10:6,8 . In the margin it reads 'men of TOB.' It was to 'the land of Tob' that Jephthah fled from his brethren. Judges 11:3,5 . It is supposed to be on the east of Jebel Hauran.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ish'tob. (Men Of Tob). Apparently one of the small kingdoms or states, which formed part of the general country of Aram, named with Zobah, Rehob and Maacah. 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:8.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [3]
An inhabitant of man of Tob, a country north of mount Gilead, where Jephtha resided. (See Judges 11:3) The name is a compound of Ish, a man; and Tob, good: so that to say, an inhabitant of Tob, seems to have been proverbial for a good man.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [4]
A petty kingdom, part of Aram ( 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:8). Omitted in 1 Chronicles 19. The sense probably is "the men of Tob" ( Judges 11:3).
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [5]
a country situated at the northern extremity of the mountains of Gilead, toward Mount Libanus, 2 Samuel 10:6 . See Tob .
Holman Bible Dictionary [6]
2 Samuel 10:8Tob
Easton's Bible Dictionary [7]
2 Samuel 10:6,8
References
- ↑ Ishtob from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ishtob from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ishtob from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
- ↑ Ishtob from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ishtob from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
- ↑ Ishtob from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Ishtob from Easton's Bible Dictionary
