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

Bible Comments

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 kingdom of Damascus Jeremiah 49:23.

2 Samuel 8:9

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