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David’s Triumphs

2 Samuel 8:8

In 11 translations

BSB
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts Tebah; see 1 Chronicles 18:8.
KJV
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
WEB
From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.
ASV
And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
LSV
and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David has taken very much bronze.
YLT
and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass.
DBY
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much bronze.
DRC
And out of Bete, and out of Beroth, cities of Adarezer, king David took an exceeding great quantity of brass.
GNV
And out of Betah, and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer) king Dauid brought exceeding much brasse.
JPS
And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
LXXE
And king David took from Metebac, and from the choice cities of Adraazar, very much brass: with that Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמִבֶּ֥טַח וּמִבֵּֽרֹתַ֖י עָרֵ֣י הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶר לָקַ֞ח הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד נְחֹ֖שֶׁת הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκ τῆς Μετεβὰκ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν πόλεων τοῦ Ἀδρααζὰρ ἔλαβεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαυὶδ χαλκὸν πολὺν σφόδρα· ἐν αὐτῷ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν χαλκῆν, καὶ τοὺς στύλους, καὶ τοὺς λουτῆρας, καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη.

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  • 1 Chronicles 18:8And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and…
  • 2 Chronicles 4:1–18He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty…
  • 1 Chronicles 29:7Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
  • Ezekiel 47:16Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:16in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

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