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Argob
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or ARGOB . 1 . Argob and Arieh were guards of Pekahiah ( 2 Kings 15:25 ), who fell by the hands of Pekah along with their master. 2 . A district in the kingdom of Og, abounding in strong cities and unwalled towns. It was subdued by ‘Jair son of Manasseh,’ and became the possession of his tribe ( Deuteronomy 3:3; Deuteronomy 3:13 , 1 Kings 4:15 etc.). It is called ‘the Argob’ ( Deuteronomy 3:13 ). This, together with the fact that chebel , ‘measured area,’ always precedes the name, seems to indicate a definitely marked district. This would apply admirably to the great lava field of el-Lejâ , N.W. of Jebel Haurân . Within this forbidding tract the present writer collected the names of 71 ruined sites. Had Gesenius rightly translated ‘a heap of stones,’ the identification would be almost certain. But the name seems to mean ‘arable land’ ( regeb = ‘clod,’ Job 21:33; Job 38:38 ). Argob must therefore be sought elsewhere. The W. slopes of the mountain (now Jebel ed-Druze ) would always form a clearly defined district. They abound in ruins of antiquity; while the rich soil, now turned to good account by the Druzes, would amply justify the name of Argob.
W. Ewing.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Argob'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/a/argob.html. 1909.
