2 Chronicles 8:3

Good News Translation

He captured the territory of Hamath and Zobah

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo went to Hamat-Tzovah, and prevailed against it.

King James Version
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

English Standard Version
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it.

New Century Version
Then he went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.

New English Translation
Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.

Amplified Bible
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

New American Standard Bible
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

World English Bible
Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomon went to Hamath Zobah, and ouercame it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overpowered it.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon attacked and captured the town of Hamath-Zobah.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Shlomo attacked Hamat-Tzovah and defeated it.

Darby Translation
And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.

Easy-to-Read Version
After this Solomon went to Hamath of Zobah and captured it.

George Lamsa Translation
And Solomon went to Hamath and besieged it, and destroyed it.

Lexham English Bible
And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah and laid siege upon it.

Literal Translation
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and prevailed over it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon wente vnto Hemath Zoba, and made it stronge,

American Standard Version
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

Bible in Basic English
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon went to Hamath Zoba, and strengthed it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

King James Version (1611)
And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and preuailed against it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he yede in to Emath of Suba, and gat it.

Update Bible Version
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

New King James Version
And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.

New Living Translation
Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.

New Life Bible
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and took it.

New Revised Standard
Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and captured it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, - and prevailed against it;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He went also into Emath Suba, and possessed it.

Revised Standard Version
And Solomon went to Ha'math-zo'bah, and took it.

Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon goeth to Hamath-Zobah, and layeth hold upon it;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

Contextual Overview

¹ It took Solomon twenty years to build the Temple and his palace. ² He also rebuilt the cities that King Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to settle in them. ³ He captured the territory of Hamath and Zobah ⁴ and fortified the city of Palmyra in the desert. He rebuilt all the cities in Hamath that were centers for storing supplies. ⁵ Solomon also rebuilt the following cities: Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon (fortified cities with gates that could be barred), ⁶ the city of Baalath, all the cities where he stored supplies, and the cities where his horses and chariots were stationed. He carried out all his plans for building in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout the territory that he ruled over. ⁷Solomon employed at forced labor all the descendants of the people of Canaan whom the Israelites had not killed when they took possession of the land. These included Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, whose descendants continue to be slaves down to the present time. ⁹ Israelites were not used at forced labor, but served as soldiers, officers, chariot commanders, and cavalry troops. ¹⁰ There were 250 officials in charge of the forced labor working on the various building projects. ¹¹ Solomon moved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, from David's City to a house he built for her. He said, "She must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, because any place where the Covenant Box has been is holy."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 8:5 - Zobah 2 Kings 14:28 - Damascus Jeremiah 52:9 - Hamath

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened,

Genesis 7:24
The water did not start going down for a hundred and fifty days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah,.... In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria, which though subdued in the times of David, perhaps rebelled, and now Solomon went forth to reduce it:

and prevailed against it; took it.

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, which revolted from Solomon, and was reduced to subjection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 8:3. Hamath-zobah — "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.