a country of Palestine, lying beyond Jordan, in the northern part
of the portion of Manasseh. To this district Jephthah retired, when he
was driven away by his brethren, Judges xi, 3, 5. It is also called
Tobie, or Tubin, 1 Mac. v, 13; and the inhabitants of this canton were
called Tubieni. It is supposed to be the same as Ishtob, one of the
small principalities of Syria, which appears, like the other little
kingdoms in its neighbourhood, to have been swallowed up in the kingdom
of Damascus. This principality furnished twelve thousand men to the
confederacy formed by the Syrians and Ammonites against David, 2 Sam. x.
of the portion of Manasseh. To this district Jephthah retired, when he
was driven away by his brethren, Judges xi, 3, 5. It is also called
Tobie, or Tubin, 1 Mac. v, 13; and the inhabitants of this canton were
called Tubieni. It is supposed to be the same as Ishtob, one of the
small principalities of Syria, which appears, like the other little
kingdoms in its neighbourhood, to have been swallowed up in the kingdom
of Damascus. This principality furnished twelve thousand men to the
confederacy formed by the Syrians and Ammonites against David, 2 Sam. x.