Bible Dictionary · G
Gob
A pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam 21:18, 2 Sam 21:19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr 20:4.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 2 Samuel 21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.