Hamath
10 references
- Also called HEMATH
- A city of upper Syria Num. 13:21; 34:8; Josh. 13:5; 1 Kgs. 8:65; Ezek. 47:16
- Inhabited by Canaanites Gen. 10:18
- Prosperity of Amos 6:2
- David receives gifts of gold and silver from Toi, king of 2 Sam. 8:9,10; 1 Chr. 18:3,9,10
- Conquest of, by Jeroboam 2 Kgs. 14:25,28
- By the Chaldeans 2 Kgs. 25:20,21
- Israelites taken captive to Isa. 11:11
- Prophecy concerning Jer. 49:23
- Solomon builds store cities in 2 Chr. 8:4
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.