Bible Location
Meaning: cistern; grasshopper · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Gob was the battlefield name in Samuel corresponding to the chronicler's Gezer tradition. It is important because it belongs to the cycle of Philistine wars involving David's warriors. First appears in 2 Sam 21:18.1
Place meaning
cistern; grasshopper
Coordinates
31.88, 34.92
First appears
2 Sam 21:18
AI summary: Gob matters because it is one of the places where the giant-warrior traditions of David's era are preserved. The cross references present Gob as a battlefield of ongoing Philistine conflict and heroic combat.1
Place meaning
cistern; grasshopper
Latitude
31.88
Longitude
34.92
Bible references
2
A pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.