Tob. i. 2. Ex Onom.THISBE, the Country of Tobit. It was to the Right-hand, that is, to the South of the City of Cadesh, the Capital of Naphthali. Some have thought that Elijah the Reland. Palæst. T. 2. p. 1035.Tishbite was a Native of the City of Thisbe in Galilee, but that he had been for a long time an Inhabitant of the Country of 1 Kings xvii. 1.Gilead: Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the Inhabitants of Gilead.
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