Atlas  Gob (Gezer) and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences 2 Samuel 21:18 It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.2 Samuel 21:19 There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. Encyclopedia GOBgob (gobh): A place mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:18 as the scene of two of David's battles with the Philistines. The name appears here only. In the parallel passage, 1 Chronicles 20:4, it is called Gezer (compare Ant, VII, xii, 2). Certain texts read "Nob" for "Gob," while Syriac and Septuagint read "Gath." The latter is probably correct. Strong's Hebrew H1359: Goba place in Palestine |
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