2 Samuel 8:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Samuel 8:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hamath - This appears as an independent kingdom so late as the time of Senacherib Isaiah 37:13 . But in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, both Hamath and Arpad appear to have been incorporated in the...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8. David's Victories. His Ministers (D) . A concluding summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:47 ff.) and by the same hand. Apparently it formed the conclusion...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Toi . Septuagint and Vulgate read "Tou" throughout. Compare 1 Chronicles 18:9 . He was. Hittite king.
2 Samuel 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, Toi king of Hamath - Hamath is supposed to be the famous city of Emesa, situated on the Orontes, in Syria. This was con...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, Toi king of Hamath - Coele-Syria. Northwards it extended to the city Hamath, on the Orontes, which was the capi...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Victories, and a List of his Officers This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of the book is taken from a different source.
2 Samuel 8:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Toi king of Hamath. — The Vatican LXX. has the name, in accordance with Chron., Tau. Hamath, the capital of the kingdom of the same name, was situated on the Orontes. According to 1 Chronicles 1...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER X. FOREIGN WARS. 2 Samuel 8:1-14 . THE transitions of the Bible, like those of actual life, are often singularly abrupt; that which now hurries us from the scene of elevated communion...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Victorious on Every Side 2 Samuel 8:1-18 Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went,” 2 Samuel 8:6 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 . Indeed, he was more than...
2 Samuel 8:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close relation between this account of them and what had preceded....
2 Samuel 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) В¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, (10) Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against...
2 Samuel 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; h...
2 Samuel 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, Ver. 9. When Toi king of Hamath. ] Called afterwards Antiochia, as the Chaldee Paraphrast hath it, of King Antiochus...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

King of Hamath This city was also in Syria, and lay north of Judea. To salute him, and bless him To congratulate him on his good success in the war with Hadadezer, and to wish him continued prosp...
2 Samuel 8:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is "after this" (v.1) that David defeated and subdued the Phi...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Conquers Edom. B. C. 1042. 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitte...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hamath; another eminent city of Syria.
2 Samuel 8:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1 . “Metheg-ammah.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “Metheg” is a “bridle,” and “ammah” is translated moth...
2 Samuel 8:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:2 . Two lines. The measuring line gave inheritance, but here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the manner of treating rebels by a total forfeiture of inheritance....
2 Samuel 8:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

David smote the Philistines and subdued them. The victorious king These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms, amongst which may be numbered, 2., 20., 21., 60., 110. I...
2 Samuel 8:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 8:1 David smote the Philistines. In the previous chapter we have seen that the empire of David not only marked an era in the development of Israel nationally, but was...
2 Samuel 8:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When Toi, king of Hamath, a district of Syria on the Orontes River, heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
2 Samuel 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:9 ; Amos 6:2

2 Samuel 8:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 8:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 8:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge