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'''Tob''' was the name of a place in ancient [[History of ancient Israel and Judah|Israel]], mentioned in the [[Bible]].
It is said to be the land to which [[Jephtha]] fled from his brothers. The location is not definitely known, but some identify it with the region centering on Taibiyah, southeast of [[Sea of Galilee]]. Since the [[suffix]] -iYa means -mine, Taibeyah means basically: "My Tob" or "Our Tob" or "Me (of) Tob" or us, "We of Tob".
In Tob, Jephtha gathered some men until his brothers wanted him back to fight against the [[Ammon]]ites.<ref>Judges 11:3-11</ref> The place may be the same as the one mentioned in 2 Samuel 10:6-8, named [[Ishtob]]. Some believe it should be translated "men of Tob", rather than "Ishtob".
'''Tob''' is also the town referred to in the [[Amarna letters]], centering about 1350 B.C.E. There are about 382 letters, EA 1 through EA 382. There is only one usage of the town (the word TuBu) and in this small group of letters, the leader of the town [[Tubu (town)|Tubu]] is only referred to as the "Man" of the town, i.e. "the Mayor" or "governor". Man was one of many common designations. He would have been a prince type or some local leader equivalent; the chief of a tribe, clan, city, region, etc. EA letter 205 is the letter from the "Man of Tubu" and is one of (6) letters, all written by the same [[scribe]].
[[Category:Hebrew Bible places]]