Rehob

breadth; space; extent

Rehob

1. The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3,12) (B.C. before 1043.)
2. A Levite or family of Levites who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:11) (B.C. 410.)
3. 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 .
4. One of the towns allotted to Asher. (Joshua 19:28)
5. Asher contained another Rehob, (Joshua 19:30) but the situation of these towns is unknown.

Rehob

1. A Levitical city in Asher, Joshua 19:28; 21:31, on the northern border of the Holy Land, called also Beth-rehob, and lying in a valley south of Anti-Lebanon, not far north of Dan, Numbers 13:21; Jud 18:28. It was long governed by its own kings, Jude 1:31, but in the time of David was rendered tributary, 2 Samuel 10:6,8,19. Some think there were two cities of this name in Asher.

2. The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah in Syria, 2 Samuel 8:3.

Street; broad place.

(1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2 Samuel 8:3, 12).

(2.) Nehemiah 10:11.

(3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Samuel 10:6, 8; Judges 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Numbers 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 (Joshua 19:28), to the east of Zidon.

(5.) Another town of Asher (Joshua 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Judges 1:31).

REHOB

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 (Numbers 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 (Judges 18:28). It is mentioned again along with the kingdom of Zobah in connection with the wars of Saul (1 Samuel 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 (2 Samuel 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 (Joshua 19:28, 30 Judges 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 (Joshua 19:28; Joshua 19:30). One of them was given to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:31), and one is mentioned as remaining in the hands of the Canaanites (Judges 1:31).

(3) Father of Hadadezer, king of Aram Zobah, who was overwhelmed by David at the Euphrates (2 Samuel 8:3, 12).

(4) One of the Levites who sealed Nehemiah's covenant on the 24th Tishri, 444 B.C. (Nehemiah 10:11).

W. M. Christie

1050. Beth-rechob -- "place of a street," a place near Dan
... "place of a street," a place near Dan. Transliteration: Beth-rechob Phonetic Spelling:
(bayth re-khobe') Short Definition: Beth-rehob. ... Beth-rehob. ...
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7340. Rechob -- places in Aram (Syria) and Pal., also an Aramean ...
... in Aram (Syria) and Pal., also an Aramean (Syrian) and an Israelite. Transliteration:
Rechob or Rechob Phonetic Spelling: (rekh-obe') Short Definition: Rehob. ...
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Afraid of Giants
... Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.21. So they went up, and searched
the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.22. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/afraid of giants.htm

Persistency in Wrong Doing.
... He at once sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty
thousand foot soldiers, and of King Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob ...
/.../xliii persistency in wrong doing.htm

'More than Conquerors through Him'
... '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 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/more than conquerors through him.htm

How David Brought under the Philistines, and the Moabites, and the ...
... He then made war against Iadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Sophene; [10] and
when he had joined battle with him at 'the river Euphrates, he destroyed twenty ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how david brought.htm

The Nations of the South-East
... One of them, Baasha, the son of Rehob, was, like Ahab of Samaria, an ally of Damascus
against the Assyrian invader, and we hear of two others, one of whom ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iii the nations of.htm

Appendices
... Here is the place where all the mighty warriors are seen. Be good enough to
look and see how Qina is situated, and tell me about Rehob. ...
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Rehob (12 Occurrences)
... (2.) Nehemiah 10:11. (3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Samuel 10:6, 8; Judges
18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Numbers 13:21). ...REHOB. ...
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Beth-rehob (2 Occurrences)
Beth-rehob. Bethrehob, Beth-rehob. Beth-re'hob . Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia BETH-REHOB. beth-re'-hob (beth-rechobh ...
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Aram-rehob
Aram-rehob. Aramrehob, Aram-rehob. Aram's . Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia ARAM-REHOB. a-ram-re'-hob. See SYRIA. ...
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Zobah (15 Occurrences)
... During David's Ammonite war, the enemy was strengthened by alliance with Zobah,
Maacah and Beth-rehob, and Israel was attacked from both North and South at the ...
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Bethrehob (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BETH-REHOB. ... It is probably identical with Rehob
(Numbers 13:21), the northern limit of the spies' journey. ...
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Hadadezer (18 Occurrences)
... their aid against the incensed king of Israel the Syrians of various adjoining
principalities, among them the Syrians of Zobah under Hadadezer, the son of Rehob...
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Aram (130 Occurrences)
... 18:28 And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business
with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. ...
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Syrians (63 Occurrences)
... Old Testament times was Aram-dammesek, the Syria of Damascus, which sometimes dominated
all of the other divisions lying to the South, such as Rehob, Tob, Zobah ...
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Bene-ammon (44 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 8:12 of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines,
and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah. ...
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Zidon (25 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS YLT). Joshua 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon,
and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; (KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS YLT). ...
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