Category:The Land of Tob

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

The Land of Tob - A district on the east of Jordan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah fled from his brethren (Judges 11:3, Judges 11:5). It was on the northern boundary of Perea, between Syria and the land of Ammon (2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8). Its modern name is Taiyibeh.