Now when ... — And Tou king of Hamath heard. Samuel, “Toi.” The Hebrew letters answering to w and y are often confused in MSS. Tô-û is right; so LXX. and Vulg. in Samuel; Syriac, “Thû‘;” Arabic, “Tû‘u;” The Syriac here has “Phûl king of the Antiochenes” (!); the Arabic, “Phâwîl king of Antioch,” an apparent allusion to Pul the Assyrian (1 Chronicles 5:26). Professor Sayce believes he has read the name Tu-ve-es — that is, Toü — on the stones from Hamath, now in the British Museum.
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1 Chronicles 18:9
9 Now when Toue king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;