as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre<n id="1" /> and Sidon,<n id="2" /> though they consider themselves to be very wise.

<p class="poetry">Why do you forget<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, who made you,p> <p class="poetry">who stretched out the sky<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and founded the earth?p> <p class="poetry">Why do you constantly tremble all day long<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">at the anger of the oppressor,p> <p class="poetry">when he makes plans to destroy?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the anger of the oppressor?<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion.

<p class="poetry">They will be starved by famine,p> <p class="poetry">eaten by plague, and bitterly stung;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will send the teeth of wild animals against them,p> <p class="poetry">along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.p>

the territory of Byblos<n id="1" /> and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.<n id="2" />

These were the nations:<n id="1" /> the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo-Hamath.<n id="2" />

The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth,<n id="1" /> the people from Cuth made Nergal,<n id="2" /> the people from Hamath made Ashima,<n id="3" />

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?<n id="1" /> Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria<n id="2" /> from my power?<n id="3" />

Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> He imposed on the land a special tax<n id="2" /> of one hundred talents<n id="3" /> of silver and a talent of gold.

So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River<n id="1" /> in Egypt to Lebo Hamath,<n id="2" /> to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

<p class="bodytext">When King Tou<n id="1" /> of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,

But they mocked God&#8217;s messengers, despised his warnings,<n id="1" /> and ridiculed his prophets.<n id="2" /> Finally the <sc>Lordsc> got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When these things had been accomplished<n id="1" /> and the rage of King Ahasuerus had diminished, he remembered<n id="2" /> Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided<n id="3" /> against her.

<p class="poetry">Your children faint;p> <p class="poetry">they lie at the head of every streetp> <p class="poetry">like an antelope in a snare.p> <p class="poetry">They are left in a stupor by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger,p> <p class="poetry">by the battle cry of your God.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke<n id="1" /> about Damascus.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The people of Hamath and Arpad<n id="3" /> will be dismayedp> <p class="poetry">because they have heard bad news.p> <p class="poetry">Their courage will melt away because of worry.p> <p class="poetry">Their hearts will not be able to rest.<n id="4" />p>

They captured him and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah<n id="1" /> in the territory of Hamath and he passed sentence on him there.

The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

<p class="poetry">They say to the people:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Journey over to Calneh and look at it!p> <p class="poetry">Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Then go down to Gath of the Philistines!p> <p class="poetry">Are they superior to our two<n id="3" /> kingdoms?p> <p class="poetry">Is their territory larger than yours?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Look! I am about to bring<n id="1" /> a nation against you, family<n id="2" /> of Israel.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>, the God who commands armies, is speaking.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;They will oppress<n id="3" /> you all the way from Lebo-Hamath<n id="4" /> to the Stream of the Arabah.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each &#8211; a total of three cities.