1. 'Father of the house of Rechab' (1Ch 2:55). 2. One of the 'fenced' cities of Naphtali (Jos 19:35), probably the same as Hammon of 1Ch 6:76 and Hammoth-dor of Jos 21:32. It is doubtless the Hamata of the Talmud, the Emmaus or Ammathus of Josephus (Ant. XVIII. ii. 3), and the modern Hamm
And the walled towns are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth
And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.
And the families of scribes who were living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites, the offspring of Hammath, the father of the family of Rechab.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirts, and Kiriathaim with its outskirts.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain