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Hamath

Entrance of Hamath/Lebo-Hamath


    Hamath was the district directly north of the Biblical borders of the Promised Land. It's capital city was also called Hamath and stood on the east bank of the Orontes River in Syria between Damascus and Aleppo. Today this city is called Hama. The name Hamath means "Fortress". The term "entrance of Hamath" is from the Hebrew, "Lebo-Hamath", meaning "the way which leads to Hamath".  From the direction of The Promised Land, the way to Hamath was through the Beka'a Valley, which lies between the Lebanon mountains and the Anti-Lebanon mountains.  Lebo-Hamath stood near the border when entering the district of Hamath from the Promised Land.  It is now identified with a town called Lebweh/Lebwe in the northern Beka'a Valley in Lebanon.



This link lists every verse in The Bible showing: 
The Entrance of Hamath @ The Border

Below is the list of every verse in The Bible
that mentions Hamath in any context:

Nm 13:21
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.

Nm 34:8
from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;

Jsh 13:5
and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;

Jdg 3:3
namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

2Sm 8:9
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer,

1Kg 8:65
So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

2Kg 14:25,28
25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2Kg 17:24,30
24 The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.
30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

2Kg 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

2Kg 19:13
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?”’”

2Kg 23:33
Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

2Kg 25:21
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

1Ch 13:5
So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

1Ch 18:3,9
3 David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
9 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

2Ch 7:8
So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

2Ch 8:4
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.

Is 10:9
Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”

Is 11:11
It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Is 36:19
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

Is 37:13
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”

Jr 39:5
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.

Jr 49:23
Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can’t be quiet.

Jr 52:9,27
9 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
27 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

Ezk 47:16,17,20
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
17The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
20The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

Ezk 48:1
Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.

Am 6:2,14
2 Go to Calneh, and see;
    and from there go to Hamath the great;
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
are they better than these kingdoms?
    or is their border greater than your border?
14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,”
    says Yahweh, the God of Armies;
“and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

Zc 9:2
and Hamath, also, which borders on it;
    Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

 

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