Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
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Justice and mercyHolinessJudgmentRemnant
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Glossary
- Arpad Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Rifat.
- City People
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The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).
- Hamath Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Hama.
- Hena Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Anah.
- Ivvah Place
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Overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria ( 2 Kings 18:34 ; 19:13 ). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (8:15). Modern identification: Kafr Aya.
- Sepharvaim Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: between Damascus and Hamath.