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1 Chronicles 18:9

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When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah,

KJV

Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 18

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

took the shields of gold

on 1 Chronicles 18:7-11

Where 2 Samuel simply records that David dedicated the gold and silver, Chronicles adds a detail forward-looking to the temple: the brass taken from Tibhath and Chun, Hadarezer's cities, is named at verse 8 as the very brass wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. The spoils of Zobah, Hamath, Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines and Amalek all funnel into one dedication at verse 11, so the chapter reads David's wars as a supply line for a temple he will not live to build. Tou of Hamath's embassy through his son Hadoram folds foreign homage into the same offering.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The presents we are to bring him are not vessels of gold and silver, as here (those shall be welcomed to him who have no such presents to bring), but our hearts and sincere affections, our whole selves, we must present to him as living sacrifices.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Tou king of Hamath - Called Toi in 2Sa 8:9.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

for.. had been Tou’s opponent in war He was his antagonist, and this is proven above (v. 3): “And David smote Hadarezer” (note Rashi’s reading). Now what connection do they have to Hamath to wage war there?
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 18:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁמַ֕עand he heard

    vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times

  • תֹּ֖עוּTou

    touH8583 →

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • חֲמָ֑תHamath

    chamatH2574 →35 times

  • כִּ֚יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • הִכָּ֣הhe had struck down

    hikahH5221 →499 times

  • דָוִ֔ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • חֵ֖יל[the] army of

    cheilH2428 →246 times

  • הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶרHadadezer

    hadadezerH1928 →12 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • צוֹבָֽה׃Zobah

    tzovahH6678 →12 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

3 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 8:9

    When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 8:4

      He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

    • 1 Kings 8:65

      So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…

    • Amos 6:2

      Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 18 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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