Old Testament
Hammath
A city in the territory of Asher and the ancestral head of the Kenite clan of the Rechabites.
The name Hammath refers to both a fortified city in the tribal allotment of Asher and a descendant of the Kenites. As a location, it appears in the geographical boundaries of Joshua 19. As a person, Hammath is identified in 1 Chronicles 2:55 as the father of the house of Rechab, linking the Kenite lineage to the broader genealogical records of Judah.
In the text
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Joshua 19:28
- Last appears
- 1 Chronicles 2:55
Where Hammath appears
4 verses · 3 chaptersIn the same books
- Esau57 versesThe elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, and the progenitor of the Edomite nation.
- Nahor18 versesThe son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham, serving as a link in the genealogy of the patriarchs.
- Jephunneh15 versesA Kenizzite and the father of Caleb, the faithful spy who trusted God to give Israel the land of Canaan.
- Hepher9 versesA descendant of Manasseh whose daughters were granted an inheritance in the Promised Land.
- Achan7 versesAn Israelite of the tribe of Judah who violated God's command by taking devoted items from Jericho.
- Gedor7 versesA name associated with a royal city in Canaan and a descendant of the tribe of Benjamin.
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