SOBA (Hebr. Ṣābhāh, Ṣābhāʾ, Septuagint Σοφά,-ἀλ). — Aramaic kingdom (more precisely Aram [v.] of S.) northwest of Damascus, in the valley of the Nahr el-Litānī, between Mount Hermon and Lebanon, perhaps mentioned in the names Subat, Subut, Subit of the Akkadian inscriptions.
Saul (I Sam. 14:47), David (II Sam. 8:3; 10:6 ff.), and Solomon, who subjugated it (II Par. 8:3; cf. I Reg. 11:23–25), had to defend themselves against the Kingdom of S., mostly because it was involved in small anti-Israelite coalitions. After the time of Solomon it is no longer mentioned: it was probably absorbed by Damascus and shared its fortunes until the Assyrian conquest.