Bilangan 13:21

The Spies’ Activities

13:21 So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, ¹  at the entrance of Hamath. ² 

Bilangan 34:8

34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ³  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

Bilangan 34:1

The Southern Border of the Land

34:1 ⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Kisah Para Rasul 8:1

8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing ⁵  him.

Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great ⁶  persecution began ⁷  against the church in Jerusalem, ⁸  and all ⁹  except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions ¹⁰  of Judea and Samaria.

Amos 6:14

6:14 “Look! I am about to bring ¹¹  a nation against you, family ¹²  of Israel.”

The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking.

“They will oppress ¹³  you all the way from Lebo-Hamath ¹⁴  to the Stream of the Arabah.” ¹⁵ 

Zakharia 9:2

9:2 as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre ¹⁶  and Sidon, ¹⁷  though they consider themselves to be very wise.

[13:21]  ¹ sn Zin is on the southern edge of the land, but Rehob is far north, near Mount Hermon. The spies covered all the land.

[13:21]  ² tn The idiom uses the infinitive construct: “to enter Hamath,” meaning, “on the way that people go to Hamath.”

[34:8]  ³ tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

[34:1]  ⁴ sn This chapter falls into several sections: the south (vv. 1-5), the west (v. 6), the north (vv. 7-9), the east (vv. 10-15), and then a list of appointed officials (vv. 16-29).

[8:1]  ⁵ tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesi") can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Or “severe.”

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”

[8:1]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁹ sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.

[8:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “countryside.”

[6:14]  ¹¹ tn Or “raise up” (KJV, NASB); NIV “stir up.”

[6:14]  ¹² tn Heb “house.”

[6:14]  ¹³ sn Once again there is irony in the divine judgment. The oppressive nation itself will suffer oppression. The verb “oppress” (לָחַץ, lakhats) in this verse is not the same as that used in 4:1 (עָשַׁק, ’ashaq).

[6:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or “from the entrance to Hamath.” The Hebrew term לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) can either be translated or considered a part of the place name.

[6:14]  ¹⁵ sn Lebo-Hamath refers to the northern border of Israel, the Stream of the Arabah to its southern border. See 2 Kgs 14:25. Through this invader the Lord would reverse the victories and territorial expansion Israel experienced during the reign of Jeroboam II.

[9:2]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[9:2]  ¹⁷ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.