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(Heb. Yishpan', éַùְׁôָּï , prob. hid, but Gesenius bald, Ftrst strong; Sept. É᾿åóöÜí , Vulg. Jespham one of the “sons” of Shashak, a Benjamite chief resident at Jerusalem (1Ch_8:22). B.C. ante 588. Ish'-tob (Heb.Ish-Tob', àַéùׁàּèåֹá , man of Tüb [i.e. good]; Sept. É᾿óôώâ ; Josephus ῎Éóôùâïò ; Vulg. Ishtob), apparently one of the small kingdoms or states which formed part of the general country of Aram, named with Zobah, Rehob, and Maacah (2Sa_10:6; 2Sa_10:8). In the parallel account of 1 Chronicles 19 Ishtob is omitted. By Josephus (Ant. 7:6, 1) the name is given as that of a king. But though in the ancient versions the name is given as one word, it is probable that the real signification is “the men of Tob” (q.v.), a district mentioned also in connection with Ammon in the records of Jephthah (Jdg_11:35), and again, perhaps, under the shape of TOBIE or TUBIENI, in the history of the Maccabees (1Ma_5:13; 2Ma_12:17).