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Rehob
13 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- Numbers 13:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A town in northern Palestine — The limit of the investigation made by the twelve spies
¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
- Joshua 19:28Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. An unlocated town of Asher
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
- Joshua 19:30Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. A Levitical city of Asher
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
- 2 Samuel 8:3Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Hadadezer, king of Zobah
¶ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
- 2 Samuel 8:12Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Hadadezer, king of Zobah
Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- Nehemiah 10:11Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
- Judges 1:31Easton · ISBE · Nave 5. A Levitical city of Asher — Canaanites not driven from
¶ Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
- 2 Samuel 10:6Easton · ISBE · Nave 3. A town in northern Palestine — Possessed by the Syrians
¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
- Joshua 21:31ISBE · Nave 5. A Levitical city of Asher
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
- Judges 18:28Easton · ISBE
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
- 2 Samuel 10:8Easton · Nave 3. A town in northern Palestine — Possessed by the Syrians
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
- 1 Samuel 14:47ISBE
¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself,…
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- 1 Chronicles 6:75 Nave 5. A Levitical city of Asher
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
Street; broad place. (1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2 Sam. 8:3, 12).
(2.) Neh. 10:11.
(3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Sam. 10:6, 8; Judg. 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Num. 13:21). It is now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin, south-west of Dan, on the road from Hamath into Coele-Syria.
(4.) A town of Asher (Josh. 19:28), to the east of Zidon.
(5.) Another town of Asher (Josh. 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Judg. 1:31).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3,12) (B.C. before 1043.)
- A Levite or family of Levites who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:11) (B.C. 410.)
- The northern limit of the exploration of the spies. (Numbers 13:21) Robinson fixes the position of Rehob as not far from Tell el-Kady and Banias .
- One of the towns allotted to Asher. (Joshua 19:28)
- Asher contained another Rehob, (Joshua 19:30) but the situation of these towns is unknown.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
re'-hob (rechobh; Rhoob, Rhaab):
(1) Etymologically the word means "broad" and might be applied either to a road or a plain. Rehob is given (Nu 13:21) as the northern limit of Israel as reached by the spies. This agrees with the position assigned to Beth-rehob in the narrative of the settlement of the Danites (Jud 18:28). It is mentioned again along with the kingdom of Zobah in connection with the wars of Saul (1Sa 14:47 Septuagint Lag.), and as having been associated with, Zobah and Maacah against David in the Ammonite war and as having been defeated by him (2Sa 10:6). Robinson sought to identify it with Hunin, but it hardly suits the references. Buhl (GAP, 240) following Thomson (LB, II, 547) seeks it at Paneas (modern Banias). This would suit all the requirements of the capital, Beth-rehob, which might then be the second Rehob, assigned as part of the territory of Sidon to the tribe Asher (Jos 19:28,30; Jud 18:28). We must, however, assign to the kingdom of Rehob a territory extending from the settlements of the Danites to the "entering in of Hamath" or to Libo (modern Leboue), i.e. the Great Plain of Coele-Syria bounded by Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon and within the limits indicated.
(2) Two separate towns belonging to Asher (Jos 19:28; 19:30). One of them was given to the Gershonite Levites (Jos 21:31), and one is mentioned as remaining in the hands of the Canaanites (Jud 1:31).
(3) Father of Hadadezer, king of Aram Zobah, who was overwhelmed by David at the Euphrates (2Sa 8:3,12).
(4) One of the Levites who sealed Nehemiah's covenant on the 24th Tishri, 444 BC (Ne 10:11).
W. M. Christie
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.