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Rehoboth
Broad places. (1.) A well in Gerar dug by Isaac (Gen 26:22), supposed to be in Wady er-Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba.
(2.) An ancient city on the Euphrates (Gen 36:37; 1 Chr 1:48), “Rehoboth by the river.”
(3.) Named among the cities of Asshur (Gen 10:11). Probably, however, the words “rehoboth’ir” are to be translated as in the Vulgate and the margin of A.V., “the streets of the city,” or rather “the public square of the city”, i.e., of Nineveh.
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- Genesis 26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
- Genesis 36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
