2 Samuel 8:9 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 8:9

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

KJV

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Hamath - This appears as an independent kingdom so late as the time of Senacherib Isa 37:13. But in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, both Hamath and Arpad appear to have been incorporated in the kingdom of Damascus Jer 49:23.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע	vai.yish.Ma'	and he heard	H8085 →
תֹּ֖עִי	To.'i	Toi	H8583 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
חֲמָ֑ת	cha.Mat	Hamath	H2574 →
כִּ֚י	ki	that	H3588 →
הִכָּ֣ה	hi.Kah	he had defeated	H5221 →
דָוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
חֵ֥יל	cheil	[the] army of	H2428 →
הֲדַדְעָֽזֶר׃	ha.dad.'A.zer	Hadadezer	H1909 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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?
leads to
- Nahum 3:8
  Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Genesis 10:10
  His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- 2 Kings 18:34
  Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
Through
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…
leads to
- Numbers 34:5
  where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
- Numbers 34:8
  and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- 1 Kings 8:2
  And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- Genesis 15:18
  On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- 2 Chronicles 7:8–9
  So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.