Tibhath (Hastings' Dictionary)
A city of Hadarezer, king of Zobah, from which David took much brass (1 Ch IS"). In 2 S 8' the name of the tonn is Betah,but the original reading was j)robablyTebah, as intheSyriac version, and as a tribal name in Gu 22-^ The site of Tibhath is unknown, but it was ijossibly on the eastern slopes of Anti-Lebanon, between which range and tne Euphrates Aram- zobah is supposed to have been situated. C. W. Wilson.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Tibhath
Tibhath tib'-hath (tibhchath; Metabechas, Codex Alexandrinus Matebeth; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Thebath; Peshitta Tebhach): A city of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, from which David took much of the brass used later by Solomon in the construction of the temple-furnishings (1Ch 18:8). In 2 Sam 8:8 we must for the beTach of the Massoretic Text read with the Syriac Tebhach. It may be the same as the Tubihi of the Tell el-Amarna Letters; the Dibhu of the Karnak lists; and the Tubihi mentioned with Kadesh on the Orontes in the "Travels of an Egyptian" in the reign of Rameses II. The site is unknown, but it must have been on the eastern slopes of Anti-Lebanon, between which and the Euphrates we must locate Hadadezer's kingdom of Zobah. "Tebah" occurs also as an Aramaic personal or tribal name in Ge 22:24. ⇒See a list of verses on TIBHATH in the Bible. W. M. Christie ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Tibhath
(extension), a city of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, (1 Chronicles 18:8) which in 2Sam 8:8 Is called Betah. Its exact Position is unknown.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Tibhath
City of Hadadezer, king of Zobah (1Ch 18:8). Betah in 2Sa 8:8. Probably on the eastern slopes of the Antilibanus.
References
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- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
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- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia