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Nahoum 3:8
Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall. (niv)
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Genèse 10:10
The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar. (niv)
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2 Rois 18 34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? (niv)
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2 Chroniques 26 6
He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. (niv)
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1 Samuel 17 4
A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. (niv)
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Esaïe 10:9-11
‘ Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’” (niv)
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Esaïe 36:18-19
“ Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says,‘ The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? (niv)
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1 Samuel 17 23
As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. (niv)
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2 Rois 17 24
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns. (niv)
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2 Rois 17 30
The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima; (niv)
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Jérémie 2:10-11
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:Has a nation ever changed its gods?( Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. (niv)
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Ezéchiel 31:2-3
“ Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:“‘ Who can be compared with you in majesty?Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage. (niv)
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2 Rois 19 13
Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?” (niv)
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1 Rois 8 65
So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him— a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. (niv)
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Esaïe 37:12-13
Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them— the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?” (niv)