1 Chronicles 18:8
Good News Translation
He also took a great quantity of bronze from Tibhath and Kun, cities ruled by Hadadezer. (Solomon later used this bronze to make the tank, the columns, and the bronze utensils for the Temple.)

New Revised Standard Version
From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a vast quantity of bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

Contemporary English Version
He also took a lot of bronze from the cities of Tibhath and Cun, which had belonged to Hadadezer. Later, Solomon used this bronze to make the large bowl called the Sea, and to make the pillars and other furnishings for the temple.

New American Bible
David likewise took away from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, large quantities of bronze; Solomon later used it to make the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Likewise out of Thebath and Chun, cities of Adarezer, he brought very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Likewise out of Thebath and Chun, cities of Adarezer, he brought very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

Tibhath

2 Samuel 8:8 And out of Bete, and out of Beroth, cities of Adarezer, king David took and exceeding great quantity of brass.

Betah, Berothai

1 Chronicles 22:14 Behold I in my poverty have prepared the charges of the house of the Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a million of talents: but of brass, and of iron there is no weight, for the abundance surpasseth all account: timber also and stones I have prepared for all the charges.

1 Kings 7:15-47 And he cast two pillars in brass, each pillar was eighteen cubits high: and a line of twelve cubits compassed both the pillars. . . .

2 Chronicles 4:2-6,12-18 Also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass: it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. . . .

Jeremiah 52:17-23 The Chaldeans also broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass that was in the house of the Lord: and they carried all the brass of them to Babylon. . . .

Context
David's Triumphs
7And David took the golden quivers which the servants of Adarezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem. 8Likewise out of Thebath and Chun, cities of Adarezer, he brought very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.9Now when Thou king of Hemath heard that David had defeated all the army of Adarezer king of Soba,…
Cross References
1 Kings 7:40
And Hiram made cauldrons, and shovels, and basins, and finished all the work of king Solomon in the temple of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 18:7
And David took the golden quivers which the servants of Adarezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 18:9
Now when Thou king of Hemath heard that David had defeated all the army of Adarezer king of Soba,

2 Chronicles 4:11
And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king's work the house of God:

1 Chronicles 18:7
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