English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 8:3
3And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it.
2 Chronicles 8:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.
- New International Version (NIV)Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.
Context of 2 Chronicles 8:3
1At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house, 2Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it. 4He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. 5He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ חֲמָ֣ת צוֹבָ֔ה וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:3
- Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
- Numbers 34:8From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad.
- 2 Samuel 8:3David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
- 1 Kings 11:23God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Hadadezer king of Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Hamath-zobah - "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Hamath-zobah - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amos 6:2; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown, which revolted from Solomon, and was reduced to subjection.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3This verse is the only mention in Chronicles of Solomon’s military achievements; he was known as a man of peace (1 Chronicles 22:9). The kingdoms of David and Solomon reached Hamath-zobah in the far north on the Orontes River. King Toi, the ruler of Hamath, sought David’s help against Hadadezer, the king of Zobah (1 Chronicles 18:9–10). Hadadezer was also called the king of Zobah-Hamath (1 Chronicles 18:3). Solomon led an expedition to this area to keep…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah--Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but from the combination, Hamath and Zobah, it would appear that some revolution had taken place which led to the union of these two petty kingdoms of Syria into one. For what cause the resentment of Solomon was provoked against it, we are not informed, but he sent an armed force which reduced it. He made himself master also of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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