a city of Syria, capital of a province of the same name, lying upon the Orontes, Joshua 13:5; Judges 3:3; 2 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 7:8 . The king of Hamath cultivated a good understanding with David, 2 Samuel 8:9 . This city was taken by the kings of Judah, and afterward retaken by the Syrians, and recovered from them by Jeroboam the Second, 2 Kings 14:28 .