Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(Τουβιῆνοι; Alex. Τουβεῖνοι; Vulg. Tubiancei). The "Jews called Tubieni" lived about Charax, 750 stadia from a strongly fortified city called Caspis (2 Maccabees 12:17). They were doubtless the same who are elsewhere mentioned as living in the towns of Toubion (A.V. "Tobie"), which again is probably the same with the TOB (See TOB) (q.v.) of the Old Test.
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Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Tubieni'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/tubieni.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.