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2 Chronicles 8:3
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative places Solomon in the northern reaches of his territory immediately after he resettled the cities Hiram provided and before he begins constructing Tadmor and regional store cities.
The words — The Hebrew text uses וַ/יֶּחֱזַ֖ק (va/i.ye.che.Zak), meaning "and he prevailed," paired with עָלֶֽי/הָ\׃ ('a.Lei./ha), meaning "over it," to describe Solomon's military action.
The thread — This campaign echoes David's earlier conquest of the king of Zobah in 2 Samuel 8:3, while Numbers 13:21 and Numbers 34:8 reference Hamath (or Lebo-hamath) as a geographic marker.
Why it lands — The verse records a concrete military and administrative move that extends Solomon's control northward, requiring the reader to track how royal expansion unfolds across successive reigns.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.
Cross-references
- Numbers 13:21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- Numbers 34:8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- 2 Samuel 8:3 David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- 1 Kings 11:23 And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
- 1 Chronicles 18:3 As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.