2 Chronicles 8:3

Easy-to-Read Version

After this Solomon went to Hamath of Zobah and captured 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.

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 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 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord 's Temple and the king's palace. ² Then Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram gave him and then moved Israelites into those towns to live there. ³ After this Solomon went to Hamath of Zobah and captured it. ⁴ He also built the town of Tadmor in the desert. He built all the towns in Hamath to store things in. ⁵ He rebuilt the towns of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon. He made them into strong forts with strong walls, gates, and bars in the gates. ⁶ He also rebuilt the town of Baalath and all the other towns where he stored things. He built all the cities where the chariots were kept and where the horse riders lived. Solomon built all he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and in all the country where he was king. ⁷There were many people left in the land who were not Israelites. There were Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. The Israelites had not been able to destroy them, but Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today. ⁹ Solomon did not force any of the Israelites to be his slaves. They were soldiers, government officials, officers, captains, and chariot commanders and drivers. ¹⁰ There were 250 supervisors over Solomon's projects. They supervised the men. ¹¹ Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the house he built for her. He said, "My wife must not live in King David's palace because the places where the Lord 's Holy Box has been are holy places."

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
On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.

Genesis 7:24
The water continued to cover 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.