2-samuel 8:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.
Webster's Revision
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took very much brass.
World English Bible
From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
Barnes's 2-samuel 8:8 Bible Commentary
Betah and Berothai - These names (see also margin) have not been identified with certainty.
Exceeding much brass - "Wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass" 1 Chronicles 18:8. The Septuagint and Vulgate both add these words here, so that perhaps they have fallen out of the Hebrew text. For the existence of metals in Lebanon or Antilebanon, see Deuteronomy 8:9.
Wesley's 2-samuel 8:8 Bible Commentary
8:8 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 is usual, the one by the Hebrews, the other by the Syrians, or those were two other cities, and so the brass was taken out of these four cities.
