(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 (2 Samuel 8:8). In the parallel account (1 Chronicles 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 (Genesis 22:24). — Smith, s.v.