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Hamath

Town · today Hama

Location well established About 400 km (250 miles) north of Jerusalem

Hamath in the Bible Dictionary · Another Hamath (town · 2 Samuel 8:9) · Another Hamath (town · 1 Chronicles 18:3) · Another Hamath (town · Numbers 13:21)

Named in 2 Verses

  • 2 Kings 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
  • 2 Kings 17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

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