the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. So the boundary shall run from the sea to Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This shall be the north side.
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots.
Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad.
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