Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

HAMATH

• Also called HEMATH
  • A city of upper Syria Num. 13:21, 34:8; Josh. 13:5; 1 Ki. 8:65; Ezek. 47:16
  • Inhabited by Canaanites Gen. 10:18
  • Prosperity of Amos 6:2
  • David receives gifts of gold and silver from Toi, king of 2 Sam. 8:9, 10; 1 Chr. 18:3, 9, 10
  • Conquest of, by Jeroboam 2 Ki. 14:25, 28
    • By the Chaldeans 2 Ki. 25:20, 21
  • Israelites taken captive to Isa. 11:11
  • Prophecy concerning Jer. 49:23
  • Solomon builds store cities in 2 Chr. 8:4