Rehob in the Bible
1. Father of Hadadezer, king of Zobah
- 2 Samuel 8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
- 2 Samuel 8:12 Of 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.
⇒Bible Encyclopedia for REHOB.
2. A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Rehob.
3. A town in northern Palestine
The limit of the investigation made by the twelve spies
- Numbers 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
Possessed by the Syrians
- 2 Samuel 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 10:8 And 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 Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
Called BETH-REHOB
- 2 Samuel 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
4. An unlocated town of Asher
- Joshua 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
5. A Levitical city of Asher
- Joshua 19:30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
Canaanites not driven from
- Judges 1:31 Neither 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:
