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2 Samuel 8

2 Sam. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And from νBetah
Betach (Hebrew #984)
Betach, a place in Syria
KJV usage: Betah.
Pronounce: beh'takh
Origin: the same as 983
, and from πBerothai
Berowthah (Hebrew #1268)
probably from 1266; cypress or cypresslike; Berothah or Berothai, a place north of Palestine
KJV usage: Berothah, Berothai.
Pronounce: bay-ro-thaw'
Origin: or Berothay {bay-ro-that'-ee}
, cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of Hadadezer
Hadad`ezer (Hebrew #1909)
Hadad (is his) help; Hadadezer, a Syrian king
KJV usage: Hadadezer. Compare 1928.
Pronounce: had-ad-eh'-zer
Origin: from 1908 and 5828
, king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
exceeding
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
much
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
brass
nchosheth (Hebrew #5178)
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
KJV usage: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
Pronounce: nekh-o'-sheth
Origin: for 5154
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or, Tibhath.
π
or, Chun,
1 Chron. 18:8• 8And from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. (1 Chron. 18:8)
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Cross References

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Betah.Probably the same as Bathne in Syria, between Beroæea and Hierapolis.
1 Chron. 18:8• 8And from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. (1 Chron. 18:8)
Tibhath, Chun.
Berothai.Berothai is probably the Barathena of Ptolemy, which he mentions, along with Sabe, as a city of Arabia Deserta, in the confines of the Palmyrenian district.exceeding.
1 Chron. 22:14,16• 14And behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight, for it is in abundance; and timber and stone have I prepared; and thou shalt add to it.
 16Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing and Jehovah be with thee. (1 Chron. 22:14,16)
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1 Chron. 29:7• 7And they gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. (1 Chron. 29:7)
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2 Chron. 4:1‑18• 1And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
 2And he made the sea, molten, ten cubits from brim to brim, round all about; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it round about.
 3And under it was the similitude of oxen, encompassing it round about, ten in a cubit enclosing the sea round about, two rows of oxen, cast when it was cast.
 4It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
 5And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths.
 6And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
 7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.
 8And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.
 9And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze.
 10And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.
 11And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram ended doing the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God:
 12two pillars, and the globes and the capitals on the top of the pillars, two; and the two networks, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars;
 13and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two globes of the capitals which were upon the pillars.
 14And he made the bases, and he made the lavers on the bases;
 15one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
 16And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
 17In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
 18And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained. (2 Chron. 4:1‑18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much bronze.