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2 Samuel 8:7-9
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2 Samuel 8:7-9
New English Translation
7 David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.[a] 8 From Tebah[b] and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.
9 When King Toi[c] of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
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- 2 Samuel 8:7 tc The LXX includes seventeen words (in Greek) at the end of v. 7 that are not found in the MT. The LXX addition is as follows: “And Sousakim king of Egypt took them when he came up to Jerusalem in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon.” This Greek reading now finds Hebrew support in 4QSama. For a reconstruction of this poorly preserved Qumran text see E. C. Ulrich, Jr., The Qumran Text of Samuel and Josephus (HSM), 45-48.
- 2 Samuel 8:8 tn Heb “Betah” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV), but the name should probably be corrected to “Tebah.” See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:8.
- 2 Samuel 8:9 tn The name is spelled “Tou” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:9. NIV adopts the spelling “Tou” here.
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