Bible Location
Meaning: confidence · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Betah was a city of Hadadezer from which David took much bronze, corresponding to Tibhath in Chronicles. It is important because it preserves a variant name within David's northern victories. First appears in 2 Sam 8:8.1
Place meaning
confidence
Coordinates
33.93, 36.15
First appears
2 Sam 8:8
AI summary: Betah matters because royal conquest traditions are often preserved under alternate place forms across Samuel and Chronicles. The site belongs to the accumulation of resources through David's campaigns.1
Place meaning
confidence
Latitude
33.93
Longitude
36.15
Bible references
1
Confidence, a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, which yielded much spoil of brass to David (2 Sam. 8:8). In 1 Chr. 18:8 it is called Tibhath. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| 2Sam |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.