Difference between revisions of "Rehob"

<li> Another town of Asher (&nbsp;Joshua 19:30 ), kept possession of by the [[Canaanites]] (&nbsp;Judges 1:31 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Rehob'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/r/rehob.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Heb. Rechob', '''''רְחֹב''''' [twice '''''רְחוֹב''''' , &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:8; &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:11], a street, from its width; Sept. '''''῾Ραάβ''''' v. r. '''''῾Ροώβ''''' , etc.), the name of two men and also of three places in the north of Palestine. </p> <p> '''1.''' The father of the Hadadezer, king of Zobah, whom David smote at the [[Euphrates]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3; &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:12). B.C. ante 1043. [[Josephus]] ( ''Ant.'' 7:5, 1) calls him ''Araiis'' ( '''''Ἀράος''''' ) '','' and the old Latin version ''Arachus.'' The name possibly had some connection with the district of Syria called Rehob, or Beth-rehob (&nbsp;2 Samuel 10:6; &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:8). </p> <p> '''2.''' A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:11). B.C. 410. </p> <p> '''3.''' The northern limit of the exploration of the spies who explored [[Canaan]] (&nbsp;Numbers 13:21). It is specified as being "as men come unto Hamath," or, as the phrase is elsewhere rendered, "at the entrance of Hamath," i.e. at the commencement of the territory of that name, by which in the early books of the Bible the great valley of Lebanon, the Bika'ah of the prophets, and the Bfuka'a of the modern Arabs, seems to be roughly designated. This, and the consideration of the improbability that the spies went farther than the upper end of the Jordan valley, seems to fix the position of Rehob as not far from Tell el-Kady and Banias. This is conifirmed by the statement of &nbsp;Judges 18:28, that [[Laish]] or Dan (Tell el- Kady) was "in the valley that is by Beth-rehob." Dr. Robinson ( ''Later Bib. Res.'' p. 371) proposes to identify it with ''Hunin,'' an ancient fortress in the mountains north-west of the plain of Huleh, the upper district of the Jordan valley. But since the names Ruheib, of a valley, and ''Deir-Rabba,'' of an [[Arab]] ruin, are found near Bhnias, Thomson (Land and Book, 1, 391) prefers that vicinity. There is no reason to doubt that this Rehob or Beth- rehob was identical with the place mentioned under both names in &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:6; &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:8, in connection with Maacah, which was also in the upper district of the Huleh. (See [[Beth-Rehob]]). </p> <p> '''4.''' One of the towns allotted to Asher (&nbsp;Joshua 19:28), and which from the list appears to have been in close proximity to Zidon. It is named between Ebron, or Abdon, and Hammon. Schwarz, from some [[Jewish]] writer, gives it a position seven and a half miles east of Tyre, on the river Leontes; referring, perhaps, to the modern village ''Rezieh'' or ''Harziyeh.'' </p> <p> '''5.''' Asher contained another Rehob (&nbsp;Joshua 19:30). </p> <p> One of the two was allotted to the [[Gershonite]] [[Levites]] (21:31; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:75), and of one its [[Canaanitish]] inhabitants retained possession (&nbsp;Judges 1:31). The mention of [[Aphik]] in this latter passage may imply that the Rehob referred to was that of &nbsp;Joshua 19:30. This, [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] ( ''Onomasticon,'' s.v. "Roob") confound with the Rehob of the spies, and place four Roman miles from Scythopolis. The place they refer to still survives as ''Rehab,'' three and a half miles south of Beisan, but their identification of a town in that position with one in the territory of Asher is obviously inaccurate. The Rehob in question is possibly represented by the modern ''Tell Kurdany,'' south of the river Belus, near the northern base of which is a village with a perennial spring (Robinson, ''Later Bib. Res.'' p. 104). </p>

<p> ''''' rē´hob ''''' ( רחב , <i> ''''' reḥōbh ''''' </i> ; Ῥοώβ , <i> ''''' Rhoṓb ''''' </i> , Ῥαάβ , <i> ''''' Rhaáb ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) Etymologically the word means "broad" and might be applied either to a road or a plain. Rehob is given (&nbsp;Numbers 13:21 ) as the northern limit of Israel as reached by the spies. This agrees with the position assigned to Beth-rehob in the narrative of the settlement of the [[Danites]] (&nbsp;Judges 18:28 ). It is mentioned again along with the kingdom of Zobah in connection with the wars of Saul (&nbsp;1 Samuel 14:47 [[Septuagint]] Lag.), and as having been associated with, Zobah and [[Maacah]] against David in the [[Ammonite]] war and as having been defeated by him (&nbsp; 2 Samuel 10:6 ). Robinson sought to identify it with Hunin, but it hardly suits the references. [[Buhl]] ( <i> GAP </i> , 240) following Thomson ( <i> LB </i> , II, 547) seeks it at Paneas (modern <i> ''''' Bāniās ''''' </i> ). This would suit all the requirements of the capital, Beth-rehob, which might then be the second Rehob, assigned as part of the territory of [[Sidon]] to the tribe Asher (&nbsp;Joshua 19:28 , &nbsp;Joshua 19:30; &nbsp;Judges 18:28 ). We must, however, assign to the kingdom of Rehob a territory extending from the settlements of the Danites to the "entering in of Hamath" or to Libo (modern Leboue), i.e. the Great Plain of [[Coele-Syria]] bounded by [[Lebanon]] and [[Anti-Lebanon]] and within the limits indicated. </p> <p> (2) Two separate towns belonging to Asher (&nbsp;Joshua 19:28; &nbsp;Joshua 19:30 ). One of them was given to the Gershonite Levites (&nbsp;Joshua 21:31 ), and one is mentioned as remaining in the hands of the Canaanites (&nbsp;Judges 1:31 ). </p> <p> (3) Father of Hadadezer, king of [[Aram]] Zobah, who was overwhelmed by David at the Euphrates (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3 , &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:12 ). </p> <p> (4) One of the Levites who sealed Nehemiah's covenant on the 24th Tishri, 444 Bc (&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:11 ). </p>