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From: Concise Bible Dictionary: R By: George A. Morrish

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1. Father of Hadadezer king of Zobah (2 Sam. 8:3, 12³David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3)
¹²Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. (2 Samuel 8:12)).

2. Levite who sealed the covenant (Neh. 10:11¹¹Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, (Nehemiah 10:11)).

3. The northern limit of the exploration by the spies (Num. 13:21²¹So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. (Numbers 13:21); 2 Sam. 10:8⁸And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. (2 Samuel 10:8)). Identified by some with Hunin, 33° 13' N, 35° 32' E.

4-5. Two cities assigned to Asher, one of which was allotted to the Levites, but which of the two is not known, nor can they be identified (Josh. 19:28,30²⁸And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; (Joshua 19:28)
³⁰Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:30); Josh. 21:31³¹Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. (Joshua 21:31); Judg. 1:31³¹Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (Judges 1:31); 1 Chron. 6:75⁷⁵And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:75)).

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