Bible Location
Meaning: breadth; space; extent · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Rehob entry refers to a town of Asher that remained under Canaanite control for a time and later appears in Levitical allocation. It is important because it reflects the incomplete nature of early settlement in the north-west. First appears in Josh 19:30.1
AI summary: Rehob's significance comes from what it reveals about the limits of conquest. Joshua places it within Asher's inheritance, but Judges shows the Canaanites continued there, illustrating the ongoing complexity of possession in the north. The Levitical reference adds another layer by placing the town in the sacred administrative map even amid that tension. The cross references present this Rehob as a northern town where inheritance, incomplete control, and later priestly structure overlap.1
Another town of Asher (Josh. 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Judg. 1:31). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.