Betah

== Easton's Bible Dictionary == 2 Samuel 8:81 Chronicles 18:8 == Fausset's Bible Dictionary ==

By inversion of letters, Τibhath (1 Chronicles 18:8). Belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah. Spoiled by David of its "exceeding much brass" (2 Samuel 8:8).

== Holman Bible Dictionary == 2 Samuel 8:82 Samuel 18:8Tibhath2 Samuel 8:8 == Hitchcock's Bible Names == == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BETAH ( 2 Samuel 8:9 ). See Tibhath.

== Morrish Bible Dictionary ==

City of Hadadezer, from which David took much brass. 2 Samuel 8:8 : cf. 1 Chronicles 18:8 . See TIBHATH.

== Smith's Bible Dictionary ==

Be'tah. (confidence). A city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, mentioned with Berothai. 2 Samuel 8:8. In the parallel account, 1 Chronicles 18:8. the name is called Tibhath.

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bē´ta ( 2 Samuel 8:8 ). See Tibhath .

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Heb. Be'tach, בֶּטִח; Sept. Βατάχ v. r. Μετεβάκ [quasi מִטְּבִח ], and Μασβάχ , Vulg. Bete), a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, mentioned with Berothai as having yielded much spoil of brass to David (2 Samuel 8:8). In the parallel account (1 Chronicles 18:8) the name is called, by an inverson of letters, TIBHATH (See Tibhath) (q.v.). Ewald (Gesch. 2, 195) pronounces the latter to be the correct reading, and compares it with TEBAH (Genesis 22:24). — Smith, s.v.