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Hamath

Hamath (Biblical Place • 35.136°N, 36.749°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 8:9 , 2 Kgs 14:28 , 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 18:34 , 2 Kgs 19:13 . It is closely linked with Lebo-hamath (Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:21 , Num 34:8 , Josh 13:5 , Judg 3:3 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 14:25 (identified with Hamath).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Hamath (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 8:9 , 2 Kgs 14:28 , 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 18:34 , 2 Kgs 19:13 .) Lebo-hamath (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:21 , Num 34:8 , Josh 13:5 , Judg 3:3 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 14:25 (identified with Hamath ).) Hamath-zobah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 8:3 (identified with Hamath).) Zobah-Hamath (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 18:3 (identified with Zedad ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Ezekiel 47:16 : " Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim , which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath ; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran ."; 1 Chronicles 1:16 : "And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite."; 2 Chronicles 8:3 : "And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.". Related canonical books and chapters: Amos 6 ( Amos • Chapter 6 (14 verses)), 2 Chronicles 8 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 8 (18 verses)), 2 Chronicles 7 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 7 (22 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Hamath
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Biblical Place • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 8:9 , 2 Kgs 14:28 , 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 18:34 , 2 Kgs 19:13 .

Lebo-hamath
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:21 , Num 34:8 , Josh 13:5 , Judg 3:3 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 14:25 (identified with Hamath ).

Hamath-zobah
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 8:3 (identified with Hamath ).

Zobah-Hamath
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Biblical Place • Zedad • 34.313°N, 36.925°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 18:3 (identified with Zedad ).

Arpad
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 18:34 , 2 Kgs 19:13 , Isa 10:9 , Isa 36:19 , Isa 37:13 , Jer 49:23 (identified with Hamath ).

Sibraim
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 47:16 (identified with Hamath ).

Brook of the Arabah
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 6:14 (identified with Hamath ).

Hazer-hatticon
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 47:16 (identified with Hamath ).

Casiphia
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

?. Referenced in Ezra 8:17 .

Amos 6
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Amos • Chapter 6 (14 verses)

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion , and trust in the mountain of Samaria , which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh , and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better tha... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Joseph , Zion , Samaria , Calneh , Hamath , Gath .

2 Chronicles 8
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 8 (18 verses)

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon , Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. And Solomon went to Hamath –zobah, and pre... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel , David , Moses , Esau ( Edom ), Hamath , Tadmor , Baalath 2 , Jerusalem , Lebanon .

2 Chronicles 7
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 7 (22 verses)

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lo... Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , David , Hamath , Egypt , Solomon's .

1 Chronicles 13
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 13 (14 verses)

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel , If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the lan... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel , Saul , Judah , Abinadab , Shihor , Egypt , Hamath , Baalah 2 , Uzza .

1 Chronicles 18
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (17 verses)

Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants, and brought gifts. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath ,... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Solomon , Esau ( Edom ), Gath , Zobah , Hamath , Euphrates .

Ezekiel 47
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Ezekiel • Chapter 47 (23 verses)

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Tamar , Hethlon , Zedad , Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim .

Ezekiel 48
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Ezekiel • Chapter 48 (35 verses)

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon , as one goeth to Hamath , Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath ; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan . And by the border of Dan , from the... Mentions: Dan, Asher , Naphtali , Manasseh , Ephraim , Hethlon , Hamath, Damascus .

1 Kings 8
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1 Kings • Chapter 8 (66 verses)

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel , and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel , unto king Solomon in Jerusalem , that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David , which is Zion . And all the men ... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel, David , Moses , Jerusalem , Zion , Horeb , Egypt , Hamath .

2 Kings 25
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2 Kings • Chapter 25 (30 verses)

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem , and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Solomon , Seraiah , Zephaniah , Judah , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .

Isaiah 10
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Isaiah • Chapter 10 (34 verses)

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Midian , Saul , Calno , Carchemish , Hamath , Arpad , Samaria .

Zechariah
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Old Testament • 14 Chapters

Zechariah (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Zechariah, Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joshua . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon , Shinar , Hadrach , Damascus . Opens with: "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the proph..."

Isaiah 36
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Isaiah • Chapter 36 (22 verses)

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah , that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah , and took them. And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by th... Mentions: Hezekiah, Judah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Hilkiah , Joah , Assyria, Lachish , Jerusalem , Egypt , Hamath .

Jeremiah 39
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Jeremiah • Chapter 39 (18 verses)

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem , and they besieged it. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah , in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. And all th... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Babylon , Jerusalem , Jericho , Riblah 1 , Hamath .

Judges 3
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Judges • Chapter 3 (31 verses)

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, fiv... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Baal , Moses , Othniel , Lebanon , Hamath , Mesopotamia .

Zechariah 9
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Zechariah • Chapter 9 (17 verses)

The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the Lord. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyre did build her... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Hadrach , Damascus , Hamath , Tyre, Ashkelon .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (53 verses)

And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome , to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them. And to the Spartans, and to other places, he sent letters after the same manner. And they went to Rome , and entered into the senate hou... Mentions: Jonathan , Judah , Abram/Abraham , Simon , Jacob/Israel , Rome, Jerusalem , Hamath , Damascus , Joppa .

Genesis 10
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Genesis • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah , Shem , Ham , and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz , and Riphath, and Togarmah. Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth, Cush , Ham 2 , Gomer, Magog , Javan , Tubal .

2 Kings 14
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2 Kings • Chapter 14 (29 verses)

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah . He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did that wh... Mentions: Joash, Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Amaziah , Judah , Jerusalem, Edom , Sela , Joktheel 1 , Lebanon .

Isaiah 37
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Isaiah • Chapter 37 (38 verses)

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. And he sent Eliakim , who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto ... Mentions: Hezekiah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Judah , Haran , Assyria , Libnah 1 , Lachish , Ethiopia , Jerusalem .

2 Kings 17
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2 Kings • Chapter 17 (41 verses)

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria ; and Ho... Mentions: Ahaz , Judah , Jacob/Israel, Baal , David , Samaria , Assyria , Egypt , Halah , Habor .

2 Samuel 8
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2 Samuel • Chapter 8 (18 verses)

And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab , and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, ... Mentions: David, Moab , Moabites , Joram , Ammon , Rehob 3 , Zobah , Euphrates , Damascus .

2 Kings 18
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2 Kings • Chapter 18 (37 verses)

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Abi, the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Ahaz , Judah , David , Jerusalem , Assyria , Gaza , Samaria , Halah .

Jeremiah 49
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Jeremiah • Chapter 49 (39 verses)

Concerning the Ammonites , thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad , and his people dwell in his cities? Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonite... Mentions: Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Gad , Ammon , Esau ( Edom ), Rabbah , Heshbon , Edom, Teman .

2 Kings 19
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2 Kings • Chapter 19 (37 verses)

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. And he sent Eliakim , which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to... Mentions: Hezekiah , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Judah , Haran , Assyria , Libnah 1 , Lachish , Ethiopia , Jerusalem .

2 Kings 23
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2 Kings • Chapter 23 (37 verses)

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem . And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and g... Mentions: Judah, Hilkiah , Baal , Joshua , Nathan , Jerusalem, Kidron , Geba 1 , Topheth .

Jeremiah 52
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Jeremiah • Chapter 52 (34 verses)

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah . And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For thro... Mentions: Zedekiah (or Matteniah), Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah , Solomon , Seraiah , Jerusalem , Libnah 1 , Babylon , Jericho , Riblah 1 .

Scripture Passages (24)

Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim , which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath ; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran .

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

And Solomon went to Hamath –zobah, and prevailed against it.

And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise.

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon , as one goeth to Hamath , Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath ; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan .

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath .

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ;

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob , as men come to Hamath .

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath , as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates .

Where is the king of Hamath , and the king of Arpad , and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , Hena , and Ivah?

And the men of Babylon made Succoth –benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad ? where are the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon , toward the sunrising, from Baal –gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath .

Where is the king of Hamath , and the king of Arpad , and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , of Hena , and Ivah?

The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath . This is the west side.

From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad :

So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hamath , to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim.

Concerning Damascus . Hamath is confounded, and Arpad : for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Where are the gods of Hamath , and of Arpad ? where are the gods of Sepharvaim , Hena , and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath . So Judah was carried away out of their land.

Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath ; where he gave judgment upon him.

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