Topic
Hamath-zobah
2 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Chronicles 8:3Easton · ISBE · Nave Subdued by Solomon
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
- 2 Samuel 23:36ISBE
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Fortress of Zobah, (2 Chr. 8:3) is supposed by some to be a different place from the foregoing; but this is quite uncertain.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
ha'-math-zo'-ba (chamath tsobhah; Baisoba) : Mentioned only in 2Ch 8:3. Apart from Great Hamath no site answering to this name is known. It does not seem to be implied that Solomon took possession of Hamath itself, but rather that he "confirmed" his dominion over parts of the kingdom of Zobah, which on its fall may have been annexed by Hamath. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus suggests a reading--Bethzobah--omitting all reference to Hamath. On the other hand, the geographical distinctions between Zobah and Hamath having passed away long before Chronicles was written, the double name may have been used to indicate generally the extent of Solomon's conquests, as also to avoid confusion with the Zobah in the Hauran (2Sa 23:36).
W. M. Christie
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A town on the border of Palestine
- → Subdued by Solomon 2Ch 8:3
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.