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Hamath 1

can also designate the region around Hamath

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Ḥămȧt Biblical Hebrew
  • Amathē Greek
  • Hamat Akkadian
  • ʾ-m-t Egyptian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Sepharvaim Sepharvaim Samaria Samaria Riblah Riblah Ivvah Ivvah Hena Hena Hazar-enan Hazar-enan Great Sea Great Sea Calneh Calneh Assyria ASSYRIA Arpad Arpad Damascus Damascus Babylon Babylon Hamath Hamath 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ARPAD · DAMASCUS · RIBLAH 1 · BABYLON 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Riblah 1 ABOUT 48 MI (77 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Arpad ABOUT 94 MI (150 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 7 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Damascus ABOUT 120 MI (190 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 9 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Samaria ABOUT 220 MI (350 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 16 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Babylon 1 ABOUT 480 MI (760 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 250 MI (400 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 18 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

ANOTHER PLACE CALLED HAMATH

20 PASSAGES · 9 BOOKS

2 Samuel 1
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 1
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 4
Ezekiel 2
Amos 1
Zechariah 1

COORDINATES 35.1365, 36.7500

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