¶ Then Tou King of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer king of Zobah:

10 Therefore he sent [a]Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him, and to rejoice with him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and beaten him (for Tou had war with Hadadezer) who brought all vessels of gold and silver and brass.

11 And king David did dedicate them unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he brought from all the nations, from [b]Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:10 Called also Joram, 2 Sam. 8:10.
  2. 1 Chronicles 18:11 Because the Edomites and the Syrians joined their power together, it is said, 2 Sam. 8:12, that the Aramites were spoiled.

When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 10 he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold, of silver and of bronze.

11 King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom(A) and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.(B)

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