hobah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
hobah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
hiding-place, a place to the north of Damascus, to which Abraham pursued Chedorlaomer and his confederates (Gen. 14:15).
hobah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(hiding-place), the place to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom. #Ge 14:15| It was situated "to the north of Damascus."
hobah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HO'BAH (hiding-place), a place beyond Damascus to which Abraham pursued the confederate kings. Gen 14:15. Two miles to the north of Damascus is Jobar, which the Jews regard as the Hobah of Scripture. There they had a synagogue dedicated to Elijah. Others fix the site at Buzrah, 3 miles north of Damascus: Delitszch suggests Hoba, a fountain near Karzetan, as Hobah.
hobah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
N. of Damascus. To it Abram pursued Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:15). It means a hiding place. Tradition makes Masjad Ibrahim, "the prayer place of Damascus," at the village of Burzeh, three miles N. of Damascus, the scene of his thanksgiving to God after routing the kings. Nicolaus of Damascus makes him to have reigned there (Josephus, Ant. 1:7, section 2). The Jews make Jobar near Burzeh to be Hobah.