the Arvadi, the Tzemari, and the Chamati. Afterward the families of the Kena`anim were spread abroad.
the Chivvi, the `Arki, the Sini,
The border of the Kena`anim was from Tzidon, as you go toward Gerar, to `Aza; as you go toward Sedom, `Amorah, Admah, and Tzevoyim, to Lasha.
When To`i king of Chamat heard that David had struck all the army of Hadad`ezer,
The king of Ashur brought men from Bavel, and from Kutah, and from Avva, and from Chamat and Sefarvayim, and placed them in the cities of Shomron instead of the children of Yisra'el; and they possessed Shomron, and lived in the cities of it.
The men of Bavel made Sukkot-Benot, and the men of Kut made Nergal, and the men of Chamat made Ashima,
and the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Chamati.
Aviyah stood up on Mount Tzemaryim, which is in the hill country of Efrayim, and said, Hear me, Yarov`am and all Yisra'el:
Isn't Kalno like Karkemish? Isn't Chamat like Arpad? Isn't Shomron like Damascus?*
The inhabitants of Tzidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tzor, were in you, they were your pilots.
and Chamat, also, which borders on it; Tzor and Tzidon, because they are very wise.
from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Chamat; and the goings out of the border shall be at Tzedad;
and Beit-Ha`aravah, and Tzemaryim, and Beit-El,
The fortified cities were Tziddim, Tzer, and Chammat, Rakkat, and Kinneret,