Rehob (Place) — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Northernmost territory explored by the Israelite spies prior to occupation of Canaan (Nm 13:21). It agrees with the location of Beth-rehob (Jgs 18:28) and is mentioned with Zobah and Maacah as an opponent of David in the Ammonite war (2 Sm 10:6-8).

Show passage in OET: NUM 13:21

OET-RV NUM 13:21

21 So the twelve men went and explored the region from the Tsin (Zin) wilderness in the south, all the way up to Rehov at Levo -Hamat in the north.

OET-LV NUM 13:21

21 And_they _went _up and_they _spied _out DOM the_earth/land from_the _wilderness _of Tsin/(Zin) to Rəḩoⱱ Ləⱱōʼ Ḩₐmāt.

Show passage in OET: JDG 18:28

OET-RV JDG 18:28

28 No one came to rescue them because it was a long way from Tsidon (Sidon) and they did have much involvement with them anyway. (Layish was in the valley near Beyt -Rehov.) They rebuilt the city and then moved into it.

OET-LV JDG 18:28

28 And_there_was_not a _deliverer if/because was_far it from_Tsīdōn/(Sidon) and_anything there_belonged_not to/for_them with anyone and_she was_in_valley which belongs_to_Bēyt- rehob and_they _rebuilt DOM the_city and_they _lived in_it.

Show passage in OET: SA2 10:6–8

OET-RV SA2 10:6

6 Then the Amoni leaders realised that they’d now caused David to despise them, so they hired twenty thousand Aramean (or Arami (Syrian) ) mercenaries from Beyt -Rehov and Tsovah, and another one thousand from Ma’akah and twelve thousand from Tov.

OET-RV SA2 10:7

7 When David heard that, he sent Yoav (Joab) in with the entire army.

OET-RV SA2 10:8

8 The Amonim came out the city gate and organised themselves for battle at the entrance, while their hired mercenaries stood apart out in the countryside.

OET-LV SA2 10:6

6 And_ the _people _of ˊAmmōn _they _saw if/because _that they _had _made _themselves _odious with_Dāvid and_ the _people _of ˊAmmōn _they _sent and_they _hired DOM ʼArām Bēyt Rəḩoⱱ and_DOM ʼArām Tsōⱱāh/(Zobah) twenty thousand foot _soldier[s] and_DOM the _king _of Maˊₐkāh one _thousand man and_the _man _of Ţōⱱ two _plus ten thousand man.

OET-LV SA2 10:7

7 And_ Dāvid _he/it _listened and_he _sent DOM Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and_DOM all _of the_army the_powerful/mighty(pl).

OET-LV SA2 10:8

8 And_ the _people _of ˊAmmōn _they _went _out and_they _deployed battle the _entrance _of the _gate and_ʼArām _of Tsōⱱāh and_Rəḩoⱱ and_the _man _of Ţōⱱ and_Maˊₐkāh were_they _of_alone in_country.

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2. Two cities belonging to Asher’s tribe (Jos 19:28-30). One was given to the Levitical family of Gershon (Jos 21:31) and became a city of refuge (1 Chr 6:75). The other remained in Canaanite hands (Jgs 1:31). Some scholars identify the references as one city.