Beth-rehob
Beth-rehob (Rehob) was an Aramean city and region, allied with the Ammonites against David, located near the northern border of Israel.
PlaceOld Testament3 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 18:28; referred to as Beth-rehob (בֵּית־רְחוֹב) or Rehob (רְחוֹב).
Location
- Identified as
- in the Beqaa Valley
- Certainty
- Uncertain (23% of scholarship) · 4 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 34.009° N, 36.145° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- בֵּית־רְחוֹבBeth-rehob
- רְחוֹבRehobmeans “breadth; space; extent”
Mentions
- Numbers 13:21רְחוֹב · RehobSo they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- Judges 18:28בֵּית־רְחוֹב · Beth-rehobThere was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
- 2 Samuel 10:6בֵּית־רְחוֹב · Beth-rehobWhen the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
- 2 Samuel 10:8רְחוֹב · RehobThe Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.