2 Chronicles 8:3

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2 Chronicles 8:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

2 Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

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Numbers 13:21

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

Numbers 34:8

and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,

2 Samuel 8:3

David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

1 Kings 11:23

And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

1 Kings 11:24

and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.

1 Kings 11:25

Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.

1 Chronicles 18:3

As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.