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Rehoboth

 
Bible Guide: Rehoboth
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1. Place in the Negeb where Isaac dug a well (Gen 26:22). Its identification is not known; Ruheiba in the central Negeb with which it has been identified, has no remains earlier than the Byzantine period.

2. The capital city of King Saul of Edom; it is called "Rehoboth-by-the-river" probably to differentiate it from Rehoboth Ir. Nothing is known about it.

Concordance
REHOBOTH 1: Gen 26:22
REHOBOTH 2: Gen 36:37. I Chr 1:48

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Rehoboth (rĭhō'bəth) [Heb.,=broad places].

1 As occurring in the Book of Genesis, well dug by Isaac.

2 City of Assyria, or possibly a part of Nineveh, mentioned in Genesis.

3 In the Bible, a place, probably by the Euphrates, and home of Shaul, king of Edom. But as the home of an Edomite, such a location is unusual.

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Rehoboth (Hebrew: רְחוֹבוֹת‎, Reḥovot; lit. broad places) is the name of three Biblical places:

  • A well in Gerar dug by Isaac (Gen. 26:22), supposed to be in Wady er-Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba.
  • An ancient city from which came Saul, an Edomite king (Gen. 36:37; 1 Chr. 1:48), "Rehoboth by the river." Since "the River" in the Bible generally is used about Euphrates, scholars have suggested either of two sites near the junction of Khabur and Euphrates. However, this would be a place far outside the Edomite territory. The river mentioned could be a river in the land of Edom, such as Wadi Zered (also known as Wadi al-Hasa). Rehoboth could possibly be identical with a site southeast of the Dead Sea.
  • Rehoboth-Ir.

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