Located on the River Orontes, it still exists as the city of Hama in modern western Syria, to the north of Damascus. The ancient city was probably one of many which arose in the region at the start of the second millennium BC.

Where was Hamath in Bible times?

Hamath in the Bible

In God's instructions to Moses, Hamath is specified as part of the northern border of the land that will fall to the children of Israel as an inheritance when they enter the land of Canaan (Numbers 34.1–9).

Where is Arpad today?

ARPAD (Heb. אַרְפָּד; in the Assyrian inscriptions Ar-padda ), city in northern Syria, today Tell-Rifa'at, north of Aleppo; the capital city of the Aramean kingdom Bît-Aguši.