Fortress of Zobah, (2 Chr. 8:3) is supposed by some to be a different place from the foregoing; but this is quite uncertain.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Hamath-Zobah
Name meaning: the heat, or the wall, of an army (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(fortress of Zobah), (2 Chronicles 8:3) has been conjectured to be the same as Hamath. But the name Hamath-Zobah would seem rather suited to another Hamath which was distinguished from the “Great Hamath” by the suffix “Zobah.”
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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