And out of Betah, and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer) king David brought exceedingly much brass.

¶ Then Toi king of [a]Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

10 Therefore Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, [b]to salute him, and to [c][d]rejoice with him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and beaten him (for Hadadezer had war with Toi) who [e]brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:9 Or, Antiochia.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:10 Hebrew, to ask peace.
  3. 2 Samuel 8:10 Hebrew, bless him.
  4. 2 Samuel 8:10 For seeing David victorious, he was glad to entreat of peace.
  5. 2 Samuel 8:10 Hebrew, in his hand.

From Tebah[a] and Berothai,(A) towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

When Tou[b] king of Hamath(B) heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,(C) 10 he sent his son Joram[c] to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew Betah.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:9 Hebrew Toi, a variant of Tou; also in verse 10
  3. 2 Samuel 8:10 A variant of Hadoram