Tob in the Bible

Meaning: good; goodness

Exact Match

So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah's gang and traveled with him.

Verse ConceptsHalf brothers

When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

Thematic Bible



And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David and at all the people and at all the mighty warriors on his right and on his left.

Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the household of Saul {whom you have supplanted as king}, and Yahweh has given the kingship into the hand of Absalom your son. Look, you [are] in disaster for you [are] a man of blood."


So Jephthah fled from the presence of his brothers, and he lived in the land of Tob. And {outlaws} gathered around Jephthah and went with him.

When the {Ammonites} made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.