Topic

Hamathzobah

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(fortress of Zobah), () has been conjectured to be the same as Hamath. But the name Hamath-Zobah would seem rather suited to another Hamath which was distinguished from the “Great Hamath” by the suffix “Zobah.”

Where it appears

2 Chronicles 8:3

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