2 Samuel 8:9

And Toi king of Hamath hears that David has struck all the force of Hadadezer,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David has taken very much bronze.

10and Toi sends his son Joram to King David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him (because that he has fought against Hadadezer, and strikes him, for Hadadezer had been a man of wars [with] Toi), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze,

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Cross References

Numbers 34:8from Mount Hor you mark out to go to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad;

1 Chronicles 18:9And Tou king of Hamath hears that David has struck the whole force of Hadarezer king of Zobah,

Amos 6:2Pass over [to] Calneh and see, || And go there [to] Hamath the great, || And go down [to] Gath of the Philistines, || Are [they] better than these kingdoms? [Is] their border greater than your border?

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 8:2-9

David's Conquests. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at… Read the whole commentary →

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