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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Hammon (Hammath)
Two towns. One was in Asher near Sidon, probably Umm el-Amoud, and the other a Levitical city in Naphtali, likely Hammath by the Sea of Galilee.
Two towns. One was in Asher near Sidon, probably Umm el-Amoud, and the other a Levitical city in Naphtali, likely Hammath by the Sea of Galilee.
Hammon refers to two separate towns in the Old Testament: one in the territory of Asher near Sidon (Joshua 19:28), likely identified with modern Umm el-Amoud, and a Levitical city assigned to the tribe of Naphtali (1 Chronicles 6:76), probably the same place as Hammath near the Sea of Galilee (Joshua 19:35). The name, meaning “warm” or “hot spring,” likely reflects a nearby thermal spring, a natural feature found along both stretches of coast and lakeshore in the region.
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- Joshua 19:28
- 1 Chronicles 6:76
