Hamath H2574
Called also Hemath.
A city of upper Syria
Numbers 13:21; Numbers 34:8; Joshua 13:5; 1 Kings 8:65; Ezekiel 47:16
Inhabited by Canaanites
Genesis 10:18
Prosperity of
Amos 6:2
David receives gifts of gold and silver from Toi, king of Hamath
2 Samuel 8:10; 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:10
Conquest of, by Jeroboam
2 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 14:28
Conquest of, by the Chaldeans
2 Kings 25:21
Israelites taken captive to
Isaiah 11:11
Prophecy concerning
Jeremiah 49:23
Solomon builds store cities in
2 Chronicles 8:4