Easton's Bible Dictionary Man of Tob, one of the small Syrian kingdoms which together constituted Aram (2 Samuel 10:6, 8). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ISH-TOB ish'-tob ('ish Tobh, the American Standard Revised Version "the men of Tob"): A place in Palestine, probably a small kingdom, large enough, however, to supply at least 12,000 men of valor to the children of Ammorn in their struggle against Joab, David's general (2 Samuel 10:6, 8). See ISH.

Multi-Version Concordance Ishtob (2 Occurrences) 2 Samuel 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. (KJV) 2 Samuel 10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. (KJV)