David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. From Tebah[a] and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

When Tou[b] king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew Betah.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:9 Hebrew Toi, a variant of Tou; also in verse 10