Lexical Definition

‎אַרְגֹּב‎ ʼArgôb (ar-gobe') Argob ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎רֶגֶב‎; stony

Argob.

• § Argob = "heap of clods"
• Argob, a district of Palestine

n pr loc
1) a district or area in Bashan
n pr m
2) one of king Pekah's officers

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.15.25

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַרְגֹּב‎ proper name

1. location (heap, or region of clods; 'glede' GASm^G551); — always ‎׳‎‎חֶבֶל א‎ Deut 3:4; Deut 3:14; 1Kgs 4:13, ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Deut 3:13 = measured region of Argob; some well-defined district of Bashan (apparently identification with ‎חַוֺת יָאִיר‎ Deut 3:14 [where ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ in Bashan, so Josh 13:30], but this a harmonistic correction; ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ in fact in Gilead [Num 32:41](/btb/not_created.html); Judg 10:4, and distinguished from ‎אַרְגֹּב‎ 1Kgs 4:13 compare Deut 3:13); exact location dubious, GASm^{l.c. and} especially Dr^{Deut 3:4}; Buhl^Geogr.18 thinks of ‚uwet, south of Upper Yarmuk, a border district between Bashan and Gilead. — Αρσοβ; 1Kgs 4:13 Ερεβαταμ, ᵐ5^L Πασαβαν, A Ερσαβ.

2. masculine 2Kgs 15:25, Αρσοβ dubious; see Klo Kit Benz Bur.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Officer of King Pekahiah of Israel

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Argob, along with Arieh, was with King Pekahiah when Pekah conspired against him and assassinated him.

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.15.25;
• only referred to as Argob אַרְגֹּב.

Argob is briefly mentioned in 2 Kings 15:25 as one of the officers of King Pekahiah of Israel. Pekahiah was the son and successor of Menahem, ruling over the northern kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BC. During Pekahiah's reign, one of his officers, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Pekah, along with fifty men from Gilead, attacked and killed Pekahiah in the citadel of the royal palace in Samaria. The text mentions that Argob and Arieh were with Pekahiah at the time of the assassination.

The brief mention of Argob in this context suggests that he was a high-ranking officer or official in Pekahiah's court. However, no further details about his role, responsibilities, or fate after the assassination are provided in the biblical text. The assassination of Pekahiah and the usurpation of the throne by Pekah occurred during a period of political instability and turmoil in the northern kingdom of Israel, which ultimately led to its downfall and exile at the hands of the Assyrian Empire.

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