1 Chronicles 18:8; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 4:1-18
Betah and Berothai - These names (see also margin) have not been identified with certainty. Exceeding much brass - “ Wherewith Solomon made th...
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...
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, b...
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...
Exceeding much brass ] i.e. copper. It is said that the Egyptians of the 18th and 19th dynasties got so much copper from Syria that they gave up wor...
Betah and from Berothai. — There is no satisfactory clue to the situation of these places. For Betah 1 Chronicles 18:8 has Tibhath in the Hebre...
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...
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...
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...
(5) And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. (6) Then David p...
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer ,.... Which, in 1 Chronicles 18:8 , are called Tibhath and Chun, they having different names...
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. Ver. 8. And from Betah, and from Berothai. ] Called...
From Betah , &c. In 1 Chronicles 18:8 , it is, from Tibhath, and from Chun. Either therefore the same cities were called by several names, as i...
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...
David's Conquests. B. C. 1042. 1 And a...
In 1 Chronicles 18:8 , it is from Tibnath and from Chun . Either therefore the same cities were called by several names, as is usual, the one by...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1 . “Metheg-ammah.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “Metheg”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Victories over Various Nations
And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took exceeding much brass, for it seems that there were very productive copper-mine...
From Betah, &c. — In 1 Chronicles 18:8 , it is, from Tibhath, and from Chun. Either therefore the same cities were called by several names, as...
8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.