Hebrew word · H6678
צוֹבָא
tzova'
Zobah
Appears 12 times in 12 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
§ Zoba or Zobah = "station"
the name of a portion of Syria which formed a separate kingdom in the times of Saul, David, and Solomon; located northeast of Damascus
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
1 Samuel · 1
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1 Samuel 14:47 צוֹבָה֙ Zobah
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
2 Samuel · 6
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2 Samuel 8:3 צוֹבָ֑ה Zobah
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
Here: An Aramean kingdom north of Damascus, probably centred in the Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon ranges. In David's day it was the leading Aramean power, with reach toward the Euphrates.
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2 Samuel 8:5 צוֹבָ֑ה Zobah
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
Here: An Aramean kingdom north of Damascus, generally placed in the Beqaa Valley and Anti-Lebanon region. It was the leading Aramean power in David's day.
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2 Samuel 8:12 צוֹבָֽה׃ Zobah
from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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2 Samuel 10:6 צוֹבָ֗א Zobah
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
Here: The strongest Aramean kingdom of David's day, probably in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon. It was ruled by Hadadezer, who takes command in verse 16. Here it is spelled with a final aleph (צוֹבָא) instead of the usual he (צוֹבָה).
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2 Samuel 10:8 צוֹבָ֤א Zobah
The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
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2 Samuel 23:36 מִצֹּבָ֔ה ס from Zobah
Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
1 Kings · 1
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1 Kings 11:23 צוֹבָ֖ה Zobah
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
1 Chronicles · 4
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1 Chronicles 18:3 צוֹבָ֖ה Zobah
As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
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1 Chronicles 18:5 צוֹבָ֑ה Zobah
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
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1 Chronicles 18:9 צוֹבָֽה׃ Zobah
When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
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1 Chronicles 19:6 וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה and from Zobah
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
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