Rehoboth by the River

The Edomite king Saul’s or Shaul’s city (Gen 36:37). As Edom never extended to the Euphrates’ “river,” probably an Assyrian invasion put Shaul from Rehoboth on the Edomite throne. There is still a Rahabeh on the right bank of the river, eight miles below the junction of the Khabour, and three miles W. of the river; four or five miles further down on the left bank is Rahbeth malik, “royal Rehoboth”; whether this be Shaul’s city, or whether it be Rehoboth Ir, is uncertain (1Ch 1:48).

Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary

Rehoboth by the River

( , rehobhoth ha-nahar; Codex Vaticanus ( in Chronicles) , Rhooboth (Rhoboth) he para potamon; Codex Alexandrinus , Rhoboth): This city is mentioned only as the residence of Shaul, one of the rulers of Edom (Gen 36:37; 1Ch 1:48). There is nothing to guide us with certainty as to the situation of the city. Eusebius (Onomasticon) places it in Idumaea (Gebalene), but no trace of a name resembling this has been found in the district. The river usually means the Euphrates. If the city could have been so far from Edom, it might be identified with Rahaba on the West of the river, 8 miles South of its confluence with the Khabur. Winckler thinks it might possibly be on the boundary between Palestine and Egypt, the river being Wady el-Arsh, the brook of Egypt (Nu 5; Jos 15:4, etc.).