Rehob

Street; broad place.

(1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2 Samuel 8:3, 12).

(2.) Nehemiah 10:11.

(3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Samuel 10:6, 8; Judges 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Numbers 13:21). It is now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin, south-west of Dan, on the road from Hamath into Coele-Syria.

(4.) A town of Asher (Joshua 19:28), to the east of Zidon.

(5.) Another town of Asher (Joshua 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Judges 1:31).




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