2 Samuel 8:9

9 Quando Toí, rei de Hamate, ouviu que Davi ferira todo o exército de Hadadézer,

2 Samuel 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 8:9

When Toi king of Hamath
Which was another small kingdom in Syria, perhaps lately erected to defend themselves against Hadadezer, and this the first king of it, at least the first we hear of; his name is Tou in ( 1 Chronicles 18:9 ) ; where in the Targum he is called king of Antioch. Hamath lay to the north of the land of Canaan; (See Gill on Numbers 34:8): it is said ^F20 to be three days' journey from Tripoli, and that it stands in the midway to Aleppo, on a very goodly plain, replenished with corn and cotton wool, but very much in ruins, and falls more and more to decay: at this day (says my author, who travelled in those parts in the beginning of the seventeenth century) there is scarce one half of the wall standing, which hath been very fair and strong. The king of this place

heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer;
the news of which soon reached him, he being in the neighbourhood.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Cartwright's Preacher's Travels, p. 6.

2 Samuel 8:9 In-Context

7 E Davi tomou os escudos de ouro que os servos de Hadadézer usavam, e os trouxe para Jerusalém.

8 De Betá e de Berotai, cidades de Hadadézer, o rei Davi tomou grande quantidade de bronze.

9 Quando Toí, rei de Hamate, ouviu que Davi ferira todo o exército de Hadadézer,

10 mandou-lhe seu filho Jorão para saudá-lo, e para felicitá-lo por haver pelejado contra Hadadézer e o haver derrotado; pois Hadadézer de contínuo fazia guerra a Toí. E Jorão trouxe consigo vasos de prata de ouro e de bronze,

11 os quais o rei Davi consagrou ao Senhor, como já havia consagrado a prata e o ouro de todas as nações que sujeitara.