2 Chronicles 8:3
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.
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,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
- KJV
- And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
- WEB
- Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
- ASV
- And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
- DARBY
- And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.
- BLB
- And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.
- ÅB
- Deretter dro Salomo til Hamat-Soba og la det under seg.
- OTB
- Salomo dro til Hamat-Soba og tok kontroll over det.
- B1930
- Derefter drog Salomo til Hamat-Soba og la det under sig.
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1 Kings 11:23–25
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
Read in contextNumbers 34:8
and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
Read in context2 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.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextNumbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
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