and the Arvaditeand the Zemariteand the Hamathite;and afterwardthe familiesof the Canaanitewere spreadabroad.
and the Hiviteand the Arkiteand the Sinite
The territoryof the Canaaniteextendedfrom Sidonas you gotoward Gerar,as faras Gaza;as you gotoward Sodomand Gomorrahand Admahand Zeboiim,as faras Lasha.
Now when Toikingof Hamathheardthat Davidhad defeatedallthe armyof Hadadezer,
The kingof Assyriabrought[men] from Babylonand from Cuthahand from Avvaand from Hamathand Sephar-vaim,and settled[them] in the citiesof Samariain placeof the sonsof Israel.So they possessedSamariaand livedin its cities.
The menof BabylonmadeSuccoth-benoth,the menof CuthmadeNergal,the menof HamathmadeAshima,
the Arvadites,the Zemaritesand the Hamathites.
Then Abijahstoodon MountZemaraim,whichis in the hillcountryof Ephraim,and said,"Listento me, Jeroboamand allIsrael:
"Is not Calnolike Carchemish,OrHamathlike Arpad,OrSamarialike Damascus?
"The inhabitantsof Sidonand Arvadwere your rowers;Your wisemen,O Tyre,were aboard; they were your pilots.
And Hamathalso,which borderson it; Tyreand Sidon,thoughthey are verywise.
You shall drawa linefrom MountHorto the Lebo-hamath,and the terminationof the bordershall be at Zedad;
and Beth-arabahand Zemaraimand Bethel,
The fortifiedcities[were] Ziddim,Zerand Hammath,Rakkathand Chinnereth,
