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2 Samuel 8:9

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¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
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  1. 1 Kings 8:65Rank 1 from verse 9
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    65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:4Rank 2 from verse 9
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    4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

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    9¶ Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

  4. Amos 6:2Rank 4 from verse 9
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    2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

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2 Samuel 8:9

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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smitten

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Struck, beaten, wounded, afflicted, plagued, defeated, killed, judged, or forcefully affected by a blow, weapon, disease, enemy, word, or divine act.

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host

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Sense 1: An army, assembled company, or multitude, including the ordered host of heaven. Sense 2: A person who receives, lodges, or entertains another.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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8:9¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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8:10Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

8:11Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

8:12Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

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