2 Chronicles 8 · Verse 3

2 Chronicles 8:3

And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.

2 Chronicles 8:3, King James Version

2 Chronicles 8:3 in other translations

BSB	Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.
WEB	Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
ASV	And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
YLT	And Solomon goeth to Hamath-Zobah, and layeth hold upon it;
DARBY	And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.
BBE	And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it.
Webster	And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

What does 2 Chronicles 8:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 8:3-6

3-6. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah--Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but from the combination, Hamath and Zobah, it would appear that some revolution had taken place which led to the union of these two petty kingdoms of Syria into one. For what cause the resentment of Solomon was provoked against it, we are not informed, but he sent an armed force which reduced it. He made himself master also of Tadmor, the famous Palmyra in the same region. Various other cities along the frontiers of his extended dominions he repaired and fitted up, either to serve as store-places for the furtherance of his commercial enterprises, or to secure his kingdom from foreign invasion (see on 2Ch 1:14; 1Ki 9:15). 2Ch 8:7-11. The Canaanites Made Tributaries.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 3 Hamath-zobah - "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 8:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980

שְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohSolomonH8010

חֲמָ֣תcha.Matto HamathH2578

צוֹבָ֔הtzo.VahZobahH2578

וַיֶּחֱזַ֖קvai.ye.che.Zakand he prevailedH2388

עָלֶֽיהָ\׃'a.Lei.haover itH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 8:3

1 Kings 11:23-25
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
Numbers 34:8
From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
2 Samuel 8:3
David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
1 Chronicles 18:3
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
Numbers 13:21
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hamath-zobah.
Nu 13:21; 34:8; 2Sa 8:3; 1Ki 11:23-25; 1Ch 18:3

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Context

2 Chronicles 8:2
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
2 Chronicles 8:3
And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.
2 Chronicles 8:4
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

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2 Chronicles 8:3 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Después vino Salomón á Amath de Soba, y la tomó.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Salomon alla en Hamath-Tsoba, et l’assujettit.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Salomo zog nach Hamath-Zoba und überwältigte es.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Abiit quoque in Emath Suba, et obtinuit eam.