Zobah

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

33.935° N, 36.151° E

Zobah· Hamath-Zobah

• חֲמַת צוֹבָה·Hamath-zobahmeans “the heat, or the wall, of an army”
• צוֹבָא·Zobah
• צוֹבָא+H2574H«H2574=חֲמָת·Zobah-Hamath

Includes 1 verse that refer to Zobah without naming it.

1. 1 Samuel 14:47צוֹבָא · Zobah
   After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
2. 2 Samuel 8:3צוֹבָא · Zobah
   David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
3. 2 Samuel 8:5צוֹבָא · Zobah
   When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
4. 2 Samuel 8:12צוֹבָא · Zobah
   …from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
5. 2 Samuel 10:6צוֹבָא · Zobah
   When 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.
6. 2 Samuel 10:8צוֹבָא · Zobah
   The 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.
7. 2 Samuel 23:36צוֹבָא · Zobah
   Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
8. 1 Kings 11:23צוֹבָא · Zobah
   And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
9. 1 Kings 11:24Referred to, not named
   …and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
10. 1 Chronicles 18:3צוֹבָא+H2574H«H2574=חֲמָת · Zobah-Hamath
    As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
11. 1 Chronicles 18:5צוֹבָא · Zobah
    When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
12. 1 Chronicles 18:9צוֹבָא · Zobah
    When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
13. 1 Chronicles 19:6צוֹבָא · Zobah
    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
14. 2 Chronicles 8:3חֲמַת צוֹבָה · Hamath-zobah
    Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.