2 Chronicles 8:3

New Living Translation

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

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.

Good News Translation
He captured the territory of Hamath and Zobah

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 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 Lord 's Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time, ² Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram had given him, and he settled Israelites in them. ³ Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it. ⁴ He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers. ⁵ He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates. ⁶ He also rebuilt Baalath and other supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm. ⁷ There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ⁸ These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve as forced laborers to this day. ⁹ But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers. ¹⁰ King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

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 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

Genesis 7:24
And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 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.