Tubias

TUBIAS tu'-bi-as (en tois Tobiou; 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 Macc 5:13). It is identified with the land of TOB (which see).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TUBIAS'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.