Hammath
the name means Warm springs Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hammath was a Kenite clan, listed among the descendants of Salma, the father (ie founder) of Bethlehem.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Warm springs, one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35). It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees to 144 degrees) still found on the shore a little to the south of Tiberias under the name of Hummam Tabariyeh ("Bath of Tiberias").
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Rechab
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at 1 Chronicles 2:55.
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Verses that name Hammath
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.