2 Samuel 8:9

Hamath; another eminent city of Syria.

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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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Toi . Septuagint and Vulgate read "Tou" throughout. Compare 1 Chronicles 18:9 . He was. Hittite king.
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 Emes...
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 t...
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 diff...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hamath ] on the Orontes.
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 sit...
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 no...
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 Samu...
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 bet...
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 hi...
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...
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...
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 w...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Conquers Edom. B. C. 1042. 9 W...
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”...
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 tre...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus. The garrison of the graces “He that buildeth a ship doth not make his work of such a sort that it...
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...
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,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Prestige Recognized
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:9 ; Amos 6:2

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 8:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 8:9