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2 Samuel 8:13-14

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13 So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
14 He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 8:13-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 8

This chapter gives a relation of the wars of David with his enemies, and his victories over them, particularly the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, and of the spoils he took from them, and of the presents made to him by others, 2Sa 8:1-14; and of his righteous administration of government, and of the principal officers in his court and camp, 2Sa 8:15-18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. As in a few Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions (see also 8:14 ; 1 Chr 18:12 ); most Hebrew manuscripts read Arameans.
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