Dictionary entry

HAMATH

Nave's Topical Bible

→ Also called HEMATH

→ A city of upper Syria Nu 13:21; 34:8; Jos 13:5; 1Ki 8:65; Eze 47:16

→ Inhabited by Canaanites Ge 10:18

→ Prosperity of Am 6:2

→ David receives gifts of gold and silver from Toi, king of 2Sa 8:9,10; 1Ch 18:3,9,10

→ Conquest of, by Jeroboam 2Ki 14:25,28

→ By the Chaldeans 2Ki 25:20,21

→ Israelites taken captive to Isa 11:11

→ Prophecy concerning Jer 49:23

→ Solomon builds store cities in 2Ch 8:4