2 Chronicles 8:3

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Hamath-zobah - "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hamath-zobah - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amos 6:2 ; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. Solomon went to Hamath-zobah. Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Hamath-zobah ] Perhaps a Hamath in Zobah (a country E. of the Sea of G-alilee, in the region of the modern Haurân).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Here are recorded some of the doings of the king. He consolidated the internal strength of the nation by building cities. He organized the labor of t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Solomon’s buildings ( 2 Chronicles 8:1-6 ); the tributaries ( 2 Chronicles 8:7-11 ); the festival worship ( 2 Chronicles 8:12-16 );...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 8:4 . Tadmor, Palmyra. 1 Kings 9:18 . This city rose to be capital of a province, which sent eighty thousand men to join the Assyria...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, probably a confederacy of two Syrian kingdoms on, and east of, the Orontes, and prevailed against it, he overcame...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Kings 11:23-25 ; 2 Samuel 8:3 ; Numbers 13:21 ; Numbers 34:8

³ And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 8:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 8:3