TOB
“Well”.
Region east of the Jordan, where Jephthah fled when he was thrown out of his house by his brothers (Judg. 11: 3-5).
Hanun, king of Ammon, provoked David to anger, and got soldiers from Tob (2 Sam. 10:6).
It is probably the region of Gilead which in Gr. He is called Toubias (1 Mac. 5:13; cf. 2 Mac. 12:17). Plausible identification: et-Taiyibeh, 26 km south of Gadara (Mukeis, or Umm Keis).