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REHOB

(Heb. rĕḥôḇ, rĕḥōḇ)

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1. A place in extreme northern Canaan near the entrance to Hamath in modern Lebanon (Num. 13:21). Rehob is here used to represent the northern limit of the territory explored by the spies sent by Moses to investigate the land of Canaan. It is probably the same place as Beth-rehob. The location of the ancient settlement remains unidentified.

2. A town allotted to Asher (Josh. 19:28). Its association with Cabul, Ebron, Hammon, Kanah, and especially Sidon clearly places it in the northern part of Asher’s territory. It might also be the Rehob within Asher that was assigned to the Levites (Josh. 21:31; 1 Chr. 6:75[MT 60]) and the Rehob from which the people of Asher were unable to evict the Canaanites (Judg. 1:9). Two identifications have been suggested: Tell el-Balaṭ (177280), ca. 16.5 km. (10 mi.) E of Rosh ha-Niqra (inside modern Lebanon), and Tell er-Raḥb (180275), ca. 6.5 km. (4 mi.) SE of Tell el-Balaṭ (on the Israeli side of the border). Unfortunately, neither site has been extensively investigated by archaeologists.

3. Another town within the territory allotted to the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:30). Its association with Achzib and Aphek appears to place it in the Plain of Acco. The name Ummah (ʿmh), also associated with Rehob in the list, may well be a corruption of Acco (ʿkh). It may also be the Rehob within Asher that was assigned to the Levites (Josh. 21:32; 1 Chr. 6:75[60]) and the Rehob from which the people of Asher were unable to evict the Canaanites (Judg. 1:9). Most scholars identify Rehob in the plain of Acco with Tell Bir el-Gharbī/Tel Bira (166256) on the edge of the plain near the Galilee foothills. Archaeological evidence documents occupation during the Middle Bronze, Iron I-II, Persian, and Hellenistic periods.

Wade R. Kotter

4. The principal city of the Beth-shean Valley during Egyptian rule of Canaan, ca. 7 km. (4 mi.) S of Beth-shean. Although not mentioned in the Bible, references to Rehob occur in a number of Egyptian documents. Excavations at Tel Rehob/Tell eṣ-Òârem (197207) attest occupation from the early 3rd-1st millennia b.c.e.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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