Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Rehob

The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3,12) (B.C. before 1043.)

A Levite or family of Levites who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:11) (B.C. 410.)

The northern limit of the exploration of the spies. (Numbers 13:21) Robinson fixes the position of Rehob as not far from Tell el-Kady and Banias .

One of the towns allotted to Asher. (Joshua 19:28)

Asher contained another Rehob, (Joshua 19:30) but the situation of these towns is unknown.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.