Dictionaries :: Rehob

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Rehob:

street; broad place. (1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2Sa 8:3,12).

(2.) Neh 10:11.

(3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2Sa 10:6,8; Jdg 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Num 13:21). It is now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin, south-west of Dan, on the road from Hamath into Coele-Syria.

(4.) A town of Asher (Jos 19:28), to the east of Zidon.

(5.) Another town of Asher (Jos 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Jdg 1:31).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Rehob:

breadth; space; extent

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Rehob:

re'-hob (rechobh; Rhoob, Rhaab):

(1) Etymologically the word means "broad" and might be applied either to a road or a plain. Rehob is given (Nu 13:21) as the northern limit of Israel as reached by the spies. This agrees with the position assigned to Beth-rehob in the narrative of the settlement of the Danites (Jud 18:28). It is mentioned again along with the kingdom of Zobah in connection with the wars of Saul (1Sa 14:47 Septuagint Lag.), and as having been associated with, Zobah and Maacah against David in the Ammonite war and as having been defeated by him (2Sa 10:6). Robinson sought to identify it with Hunin, but it hardly suits the references. Buhl (GAP, 240) following Thomson (LB, II, 547) seeks it at Paneas (modern Banias). This would suit all the requirements of the capital, Beth-rehob, which might then be the second Rehob, assigned as part of the territory of Sidon to the tribe Asher (Jos 19:28,30; Jud 18:28). We must, however, assign to the kingdom of Rehob a territory extending from the settlements of the Danites to the "entering in of Hamath" or to Libo (modern Leboue), i.e. the Great Plain of Coele-Syria bounded by Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon and within the limits indicated.

(2) Two separate towns belonging to Asher (Jos 19:28; 19:30). One of them was given to the Gershonite Levites (Jos 21:31), and one is mentioned as remaining in the hands of the Canaanites (Jud 1:31).

(3) Father of Hadadezer, king of Aram Zobah, who was overwhelmed by David at the Euphrates (2Sa 8:3,12).

(4) One of the Levites who sealed Nehemiah's covenant on the 24th Tishri, 444 BC (Ne 10:11).

Written by W. M. Christie

Nave's Topical Bible

Rehob: 1. Father of Hadadezer

King of Zobah,

2Sa 8:3, 12.

Rehob: 2. A Levite

Who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah,

Neh 10:11.

Rehob: 3. A Town in Northern Palestine

The limit of the investigation made by the twelve spies,

Num 13:21.

Possessed by the Syrians,

2Sa 10:6, 8.

Called BETH-REHOB,

2Sa 10:6.

Rehob: 4. An Unlocated Town of Asher

Jos 19:28

Rehob: 5. A Levitical City of Asher

Jos 19:30; 21:31; 1Ch 6:75

Canaanites not driven from,

Jdg 1:31.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Rehob:

(1.) The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates (2 Samuel 8:3; 8:12). (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.