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Ish-Tob

2 Sam. x. 6.ISH-TOB, an inhabitant of Tob, or an honest man, or Martyr of the country of the Tubienians. This country was situated at the northern extremity of the mountains of Gilead, towards mount Libanus. Judg. x. 3, 5.Jephtha retired into the land of Tob; and this country in the Maccabees is called Tobie, Macc. v. 13.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Ish-Tob,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/i/ish-tob/.

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