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Rehob

REHOB, a City of the Tribe of Asher, given for a Dwelling to the Levites of the Family of Gershom1. This City was in Syria, upon the Road of Hamath2, and, probably, betwen Libanus and Antilibanus. The Judges xviii. 28. רחבRechob.City of Laish, or Dan, was situate in the Canton of Rehob, or, as the Hebrews call it, Rechob.

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  1. 1 Chron. vi. 75. & Josh. xxi. 31. ↩

  2. Numb. xiii. 21. & 2 Sam. x. 6, 8. ↩

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Rehob,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/r/rehob-2/.

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