Taibah, Irbid
Taibah or Taybeh (Arabic: الطيبة; also Taiyibe and Al-Taiyiba) is a town located in the Aṭ-Ṭaībah district of the Irbid Governorate, in northern Jordan.
The 2020 census estimates its population to be 24,255 people.
History
Taybah is identified with the ancient city of Ephron (Greek: Eφρων). Polybius' historical accounts mention it during the campaigns of Seleucid king Antiochus III, as well as in the story of Judas Maccabeus' retreat from Gilead, as described in 1 Maccabees.
References
- ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2020
- ^ Avi-Yonah, Michael (1976). "Gazetteer of Roman Palestine". Qedem. 5: 56. ISSN 0333-5844.
- ^ Polybius, V., 70,12
- ^ 1 Maccabees, 5:26