One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Argob. Every Argob in the Bible
place
Argob
אַרְגֹּב
- verses
- 4
- first named
- Deuteronomy 3:4
- last named
- 1 Kings 4:13
- feature
- region
- coordinates
- 32.97°N · 36.46°E
Argob (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Argob in the text
Argob was a region located in the kingdom of Bashan, east of the Jordan River, in what is now modern-day Syria. It is mentioned in the Bible in connection with the Israelites' conquest of the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses and Joshua.
In Deu.3.4, Argob is described as a region containing sixty fortified cities, all of which were captured by the Israelites during their conquest of Og, the king of Bashan. These cities were noted for their high walls, gates, and bars, indicating their strong defensive capabilities (Deu.3.5).
The region of Argob was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh as part of their inheritance in the Promised Land (Deu.3.13). Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took possession of Argob and named it Havvoth-jair, which means "the towns of Jair" (Deu.3.14).
During the reign of King Solomon, Argob was included in the territory governed by one of his twelve officers, who was responsible for providing provisions for the king and his household (1Ki.4.13).
The biblical references to Argob highlight its significance as a fortified and strategically important region in the Transjordan area. The conquest of Argob by the Israelites demonstrates their military success under divine guidance and the fulfillment of God's promise to give them the land. The region's inclusion in the allotment of the tribes and its mention during Solomon's reign underscore its ongoing importance in the history of Israel.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Is a
Located in
Stands in the same events as
- City1 event
- Jordan1 event
- Bashan1 event
- Arnon1 event
- Hermon Mount1 event
- Jair1 event
- Israel, Moses, and Joshua’s taking of Their Lands, Arabah, Sihon, and Og1 event
- Two Amorite Kings1 event
The pattern
Where Argob is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
4 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Deuteronomy (3) and 1 Kings (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
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