Tubias (ISBE)

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tū´bı̄ - as ( ἐν τοῖς Τωβίου , en toı́s Tōbı́ou ; the King James Version "in the places of Tobie," the Revised Version (British and American) "in the land of Tubias"): A place in Gilead where 1,000 men of the Jews were slaughtered by the Gentiles, their wives and children being carried away captive ( 1 Maccabees 5:13 ). It is identified with the land of TOB (which see).