Meaning
Hamath H2574
Called also Hemath.
A city of upper Syria
Num 13:21; Num 34:8; Jos 13:5; 1Ki 8:65; Eze 47:16
Inhabited by Canaanites
Gen 10:18
Prosperity of
Amo 6:2
David receives gifts of gold and silver from Toi, king of Hamath
2Sa 8:10; 1Ch 18:3; 1Ch 18:10
Conquest of, by Jeroboam
2Ki 14:25; 2Ki 14:28
Conquest of, by the Chaldeans
2Ki 25:21
Israelites taken captive to
Isa 11:11
Prophecy concerning
Jer 49:23
Solomon builds store cities in
2Ch 8:4