Rehob

Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet

  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.

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William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

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