2 Samuel 8:3-13

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3 Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at^[a] the Euphrates River.

4 David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers^[b] and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

6 He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

7 David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 From Tebah^[c] and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

9 When Tou^[d] king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

10 he sent his son Joram^[e] to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

11 King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

12 Edom^[f] and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek. He also dedicated the plunder taken from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites^[g] in the Valley of Salt.

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2 Samuel 8:3-13 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

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Cross References 20

1. 2 Samuel 10:16,19; 1 Kings 11:23
2. S 1 Samuel 14:47
3. S Genesis 2:14
4. S Genesis 49:6; Joshua 11:9
5. S Genesis 14:15; 2 Samuel 10:6; 1 Kings 11:24; 2 Kings 8:7; 2 Kings 14:28
6. 1 Kings 20:34
7. 2 Samuel 10:19
8. ver 14; 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 7:9
9. 1 Kings 10:16; 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 11:10
10. Ezekiel 47:16
11. 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 14:28; 2 Chronicles 8:4
12. Luke 14:31-32
13. ver 12; 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Kings 15:15; 1 Chronicles 26:26; 2 Chronicles 5:1
14. S Numbers 24:18
15. ver 2
16. 2 Samuel 10:14
17. S 2 Samuel 5:25
18. S Numbers 24:20; S 1 Samuel 27:8
19. 2 Samuel 7:9
20. 2 Kings 14:7; 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalms 60 Title

Footnotes 7

[a] Or "his control along"
[b] Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text "captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers"
[c] See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew "Betah" .
[d] Hebrew "Toi" , a variant of "Tou" ; also in verse 10
[e] A variant of "Hadoram"
[f] Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:11); most Hebrew manuscripts "Aram"
[g] A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts "Aram" (that is, Arameans)