Hammon (city)

Hammon (Hebrew: חַמּוֹן) is a city mentioned in the Book of Chronicles (6:76). It is related it was within the allotment of Naftali, and given to the Gershonite Levites. William Ewing concluded it is identical with Hammath which appears in the Book of Joshua in a similar context (Joshua 19:35), and probably also with Hammoth-dor (Joshua 21:32).[1] Ewing, Smith's Bible Dictionary and Easton's Bible Dictionary identify it with the present Hamat Tiberias.[2] Eerdmans Bible Dictionary tentatively agrees on the ancient alternative names, and suggest as location either Hamat Tiberias or Tell Raqqat (Hebrew: תל רקת‎; also Tell al-Qunitria Arabic: تل القنيطرية‎), north of Tiberias.[3]

References

  1. ↑ William Ewing (1915). "Hammon". International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ All cited in
  3. ↑ Eric F Mason (2000). David Noel Freedman; Allen C. Myers, eds. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 544. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.

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