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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Hamathite (People, perhaps from Hamath)
The people of Hamath, counted among Canaan's descendants. Their city on the Orontes kept marking Israel's northern border, and Assyrian records put its king Irhuleni beside Ahab against Shalmaneser III at Qarqar in 853 BC.
The people of Hamath, counted among Canaan's descendants. Their city on the Orontes kept marking Israel's northern border, and Assyrian records put its king Irhuleni beside Ahab against Shalmaneser III at Qarqar in 853 BC.
Hamathites descended from Canaan and were named for Hamath, a major city on the Orontes River in Syria that repeatedly marked Israel's northern border in the Old Testament. Hamath's king Toi sent gifts to congratulate David on defeating a common enemy, and Assyrian records name Hamath's later king Irhuleni as part of the coalition, including Ahab of Israel, that fought Shalmaneser III at the battle of Qarqar in 853 BC.
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- Genesis 10:18
- 1 Chronicles 1:16
