2 Samuel 8:9-12

8:9 When King Toi ¹  of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, 8:10 he ²  sent his son Joram ³  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁴  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁵  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁶  8:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ⁷  along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from ⁸  all the nations that he had subdued, 8:12 including ⁹  Aram, ¹⁰  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from ¹¹  King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

[8:9]  ¹ tn The name is spelled “Tou” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:9. NIV adopts the spelling “Tou” here.

[8:10]  ² tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:10]  ³ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

[8:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

[8:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated from.”

[8:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “from.”

[8:12]  ¹⁰ tc The present translation follows the MT; a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac read “Edom” (cf. 2 Sam 8:14 and 1 Chr 18:11). Many modern English versions read “Edom” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[8:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”