2 Samuel 8:9

9 When Tou^[a] king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

2 Samuel 8:9 in Other Translations

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

9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,

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

9 Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David had struck down the entire army of Hadadezer.

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

9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's whole army,

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

9 Tou was king of Hamath. He heard that David had won the battle over the entire army of Hadadezer.

2 Samuel 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9

When Toi king of Hamath
Which was another small kingdom in Syria, perhaps lately erected to defend themselves against Hadadezer, and this the first king of it, at least the first we hear of; his name is Tou in ( 1 Chronicles 18:9 ) ; where in the Targum he is called king of Antioch. Hamath lay to the north of the land of Canaan; (See Gill on Numbers 34:8): it is said ^F20 to be three days' journey from Tripoli, and that it stands in the midway to Aleppo, on a very goodly plain, replenished with corn and cotton wool, but very much in ruins, and falls more and more to decay: at this day (says my author, who travelled in those parts in the beginning of the seventeenth century) there is scarce one half of the wall standing, which hath been very fair and strong. The king of this place

heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer;
the news of which soon reached him, he being in the neighbourhood.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Cartwright's Preacher's Travels, p. 6.

2 Samuel 8:9 In-Context

7 David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 From Tebah and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

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

10 he sent his son Joram 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.

11 King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 14:28; 2 Chronicles 8:4
• 2. Luke 14:31-32

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Toi" , a variant of "Tou" ; also in verse 10