2 Chronicles 8:3
Solomon’s army then went to Hamath-Zobah town and captured it.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 13:21So those men went to Canaan. They went through the entire land, from the Zin desert in the south all the way to Rehob town near Lebo-Hamath in the north.
2 Samuel 8:3David’s army also defeated the army of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled the state of Zobah in Syria. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at the upper part of the Euphrates River.
2 Kings 14:28If you want to know more about everything else that Jeroboam #2 did, about his fighting courageously in battles, and about his enabling the Israelis to capture again Damascus and Hamath cities, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
1 Chronicles 18:3David’s army also fought against the army of Hadadezer, the king of the Zobah region in Syria near Hamath city, when Hadadezer was trying to establish control over the area near the Euphrates River.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:2-12
Solomon's Buildings. ( b. c. 992.) 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord , and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with… Read the whole commentary →