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From Betah and Berothai,[a] cities of Hadadezer, King David took large amounts of bronze.

Toi[b] king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer. 10 So Toi sent his son Joram[c] to King David to petition him for peace and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, because Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. In his hand he brought items made of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:8 The parallel in 1 Chronicles 18:8 has different names for these cities.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:9 Also called Tou in 1 Chronicles 18
  3. 2 Samuel 8:10 Also called Hadoram in 1 Chronicles 18:10