18:8 From Tibhath14 and Kun,15 Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,”16 the pillars, and other bronze items.
tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).
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tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”
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tnHeb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.