Atlas Biblica

    person · also Tou

    Toi

    תֹּ֫עִי, תֹּעוּ

    Toi, also known as Tou, was the king of Hamath who sent his son Joram to congratulate David on his victory over Hadadezer.

    verses
    4
    first named
    2 Samuel 8:9
    last named
    1 Chronicles 18:10
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Syria

    Description

    Who was Toi?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Toi, also referred to as Tou, was the king of Hamath, a city-state located in present-day Syria (2Sa.8.9-10; 1Ch.18.9-10). After David defeated Hadadezer, king of Zobah, Toi sent his son Joram (called Hadoram in 1 Chronicles) to congratulate David and bring gifts of silver, gold, and bronze. Toi's gesture was motivated by his own conflict with Hadadezer, as Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. By sending his son to honor David, Toi sought to establish friendly relations with the rising power of Israel and secure an ally against their common enemy. The gifts brought by Joram were dedicated by David to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had captured from various nations. This episode demonstrates David's growing reputation as a military leader and the diplomatic relationships he established with neighboring kingdoms.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Toi5 of 5 entities the graph connects to Toi, in 2 groups: kinship 1, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.JoramFather of · 2 events · 2 versesKinshipDavid2 events · 964 versesHadadezer1 event · 18 versesDavid’s defeat of Hadadezer and Entire Army Of Hadadezer1 event · 4 versesDavid’s defeat of Hadadezer and Hadadezer Army1 event · 3 versesEventsToi

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    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Toi happensThe one place the claims about Toi reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Hamath. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Toi there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Hamath
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Toi reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books. The name is written 5 times in them.

    1. 2 Samuel2 verses

      8:98:10

    2. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      18:918:10

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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