Genesis 36:37
When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.
BSB
ASV
And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
And Samlah died,.... As is supposed, about A. M. 2283. and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead; Rehoboth was one of the cities built by Ashur, Gen 10:11; and was situated near the river Euphrates; and so the Targum of Jonathan calls it Rehoboth which is by Euphrates; but Jerom (n), from Eusebius, takes it to be another city by a river in Edom, and says, that there was in his days a garrison in the country of Gabalena (a part of Idumea), a large village called by that name. (n) De loc. Heb. fol.
Little more is recorded than their names, because the history of those that were out of the church (though perhaps it might have been serviceable in politics) would have been of little use in divinity. It is in the church that the memorable instances are found of special grace, and special providence; for that is the enclosure, the rest is common.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
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And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our…
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”