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Rehob

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(breadth). (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) A co-covenanter (Neh. 10:11¹¹Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, (Nehemiah 10:11)). (3) Spot where the journey of the spies ended (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)). Beth-rehob (2 Sam. 10:6⁶And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. (2 Samuel 10:6)). (4) Place in Asher (Josh. 19:28²⁸And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; (Joshua 19:28)). (5) A Levitical town in Asher (Josh. 19:30³⁰Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:30)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

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)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7340 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Rchob

Phonic:

rekh-obe’

Meaning:

or Rchowb {rekh-obe'}; the same as 7339; Rechob, the name of a place in Syria, also of a Syrian and an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Rehob

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

broad place (as modern "square, plaza")

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Room; breadth; extent:―place in Syria; name of a Syrian and of an Israelite, Num. 13:21. {Latitudo}