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 fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor and its open lands, and Kartah and its open lands; three cities.
And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its open lands, and Hammon with its open lands, and Kirjath-aim with its open lands.