Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Tob?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Et Tayibeh.

First appears in Judges 11:3 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah fled from his brethren (Judg. 11:3, 5). Modern identification: Et Tayibeh.

Tob is represented in the local geography layer as Et Tayibeh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Judges 11:3 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 71 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 88 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 90 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 104 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 106 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Tob today

Travel to Tob, the modern-day Et Tayibeh.

Tob is commonly identified with Et Tayibeh, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Tob is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Et Tayibeh

32.563°N · 36.244°E

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions