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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BETAH (2Sa_8:9).See Tibhath.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
By inversion of letters, Tibhath (1Ch_18:8). Belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah. Spoiled by David of its "exceeding much brass" (2Sa_8:8).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Be'tah. (confidence). A city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, mentioned with Berothai. 2Sa_8:8. In the parallel account, 1Ch_18:8. the name is called Tibhath.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bē?ta (2Sa_8:8). See TIBHATH.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Betah
(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 (2Sa_8:8). In the parallel account (1Ch_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 (Gen_22:24). Smith, s.v.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.