Rehob

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Rehob: street; broad place.

  1. The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2 Samuel 8:3,12).
  2. Nehemiah 10:11.
  3. The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Samuel 10:6,8; Judges 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Numbers 13:21). It is now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin, south-west of Dan, on the road from Hamath into Coele-Syria.
  4. A town of Asher (Joshua 19:28), to the east of Zidon.
  5. Another town of Asher (Joshua 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Judges 1:31).
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