The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; they became your sailors.

Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:

from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the extremity of the border shall be toward Zedad;

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the army of Hadadezer,

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hatticon (which is on the border of Hauran).

Thus the boundary shall be from the Sea to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus; and as for the north, northward, it is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

and Hamath also borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.