Rehoboth

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1. City built by Asshur, or by Nimrod in Asshur (Gen. 10:1111Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (Genesis 10:11)). Usually placed near to Nineveh, but see No. 2.
2. City in the East, “by the river,” from whence one named Saul, or Shaul, became an early king of Edom (Gen. 36:3737And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. (Genesis 36:37); 1 Chron. 1:4848And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. (1 Chronicles 1:48)). There are two places named Rahabeh, near the Euphrates, which may be these cities. One is eight miles below the junction of the Khabur river, and the other four or five miles further south on the left bank, and called Rahabeh, Melek, that is “royal.”