1 Chronicles 18:9; Amos 6:2
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...
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...
Toi . Septuagint and Vulgate read "Tou" throughout. Compare 1 Chronicles 18:9 . He was. Hittite king.
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...
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...
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...
Hamath ] on the Orontes.
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...
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...
(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...
When Toi king of Hamath ,.... Which was another small kingdom in Syria, perhaps lately erected to defend themselves against Hadadezer, and this the...
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...
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...
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 Conquers Edom. B. C. 1042. 9 W...
Hamath; another eminent city of Syria.
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...
When Toi, king of Hamath, a district of Syria on the Orontes River, heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
David's Prestige Recognized
9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,