Zobah: Difference between revisions

Based on the biblical narrative, primarily from the [[books of Kings]] and II Samuel, [[Berothai]], a city belonging to Hadadezer ({{Bibleref2|II Sam. 8:8}}) is identified by many with [[Berothah]] ({{Bibleref2|Ezekiel 47:16}}), which was between [[Hamath]] and [[Damascus]].{{fact|date=July 2019}} Zobah was probably located near this city, though [[Joseph Halévy]] claims to have identified Zobah with [[Chalcis, Syria|Chalcis]].{{fact|date=July 2019}} On eitherthe later view, the area in question would be found in the far southnorth of [[Syria]] and parts of [[LebanonTurkey]].{{dubious|This sentence describes a REGION. The topic here is the CITY. Is this sentence referring to the region where one should look for the CITY, or to the KINGDOM? If the latter: wrong place for that, plus: at what point in time? Mess.|date=August 2020}}{{fact|date=July 2019}}