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ZOBAH.—An Aramæan community, the most powerful of the coalition of ‘Syrian’ States which made war upon king David while he was engaged with the Ammonites (2Sa_8:10 ff.). The exact location is uncertain; but this whole group of Aramæan settlements lay between Damascus and the entrance to Cœle-Syria. Zobah was certainly east of Jordan, and probably the most southerly of the kindred peoples. 1Sa_14:47, which states that Saul fought against Zobah, is probably based on a confusion with the wars of David.
J. F. McCurdy.