Gob
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Named at 2 Samuel 21:18–19 as a place of war with the Philistines. 21:18 says, “After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant”, and 21:19 says, “There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.”
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- 2SA 21:18–22, engwebp
18After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
19There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on every hand and six toes on every foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to the giant.
21When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
22These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Gob” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, another name for Gezer (confidence 318 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 2 other identifications are listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- another name for Gezer
OpenBible.info confidence 318 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.85917, 34.91917
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Gob” (CC BY 4.0) - another name for Gibbethon
OpenBible.info confidence 170 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.85639, 34.86556
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Gob” (CC BY 4.0) - another name for Nob
OpenBible.info confidence 110 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.7925, 35.24417
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Gob” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (1) — The wars at Gob and at Gath, and the four born to the giant in Gath
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After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Gob (place-gob) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/gob Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 21:18–19 as a place of war with the Philistines. 21:18 says, “After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant”, and 21:19 says, “There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.” Cited evidence: 2SA 21:18–22, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.