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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Rehoboth by the River
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The Edomite king Saul's or Shaul's city (). As Edom never extended to the Euphrates' "river," probably an Assyrian invasion put Shaul from Rehoboth on the Edomite throne. There is still a Rahabeh on the right bank of the river, eight miles below the junction of the Khabour, and three miles W. of the river; four or five miles further down on the left bank is Rahbeth malik, "royal Rehoboth"; whether this be Shaul's city, or whether it be Rehoboth Ir, is uncertain ().