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Hamath in the Bible [ edit ] The few Biblical reports state that Hamath was the capital of a Canaanite kingdom ( Genesis 10:18 ; 2 Kings 23:33; 25:21 ), whose king congratulated King David on his defeat of Hadadezer , king of Zobah ( 2 Samuel 8:9–11 ; 1 Chronicles 18:9–11 ).
It has been suggested that it was known to the Egyptians as Lab'u, to the Assyrians as Laba'u and as Lebo-hamath to the Hebrews. [4] This has been associated with the "entrance of Hamath" mentioned in the Books of Kings [5] and the Book of Ezekiel, noted as the Northern border of King Solomon's territory, [6] but subsequently lost to the Syrians.
The Book of Joshua lists almost 400 ancient Levantine city names (including alternative names and derivatives in the form of words describing citizens of a town) which refer to over 300 distinct locations in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Location map showing Israel and its neighboring countries. Greater Israel (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל השלמה, Eretz Yisrael Hashlema) is an expression with several different biblical and political meanings over time. It is often used, in an irredentist fashion, to refer to the historic or desired borders of Israel.
King Zedekiah was taken captive and brought to Riblah, described as a dependency of Hamath, where he had to witness how his sons were killed, after which he was blinded and taken to Babylon. His officials were also put to death in Riblah ( 2 Kings 25:6–7, 18–21.
The Hivites, according to the Book of Joshua, lived in the hilly region of Lebanon from Lebo Hamath to Mount Hermon (Joshua 11:3). Hivites are also mentioned further south in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, which assigns to Hivites the towns of Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim (Joshua 9:17).
2 Samuel 8:9–10 reads: 9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; . 10 He sent Joram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
Locations of Canaan's descendants. According to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (verses 15–19), Canaan was the ancestor of the tribes who originally occupied the ancient Land of Canaan: all the territory from Sidon or Hamath in the north to Gaza in the southwest and Lasha in the southeast.